The National Directorate of Copyright (DNDA) of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights participated in the thirty-third session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) held in Geneva, Switzerland from November 14 to 18, 2016.
During five days, the Committee made up of member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, analyzed the protection of broadcasting organizations, limitations and exceptions to copyright in the educational field, how these rights work in the digital environment, and other issues related to the economic rights granted to authors by law.
The Argentine delegation presented an initiative that promotes the creation of an international framework to encourage cultural creation and education. It is a proposal that contemplates rules for the international dissemination of digital copies for educational purposes without infringing the copyright of these digitized works.
In this regard, the head of DNDA, Gustavo Schötz, said that several countries were interested in the proposal since "the current context of advancement of technologies and communications requires that we must think of new ways to respect copyright and related rights. Our project aims to favor education and the dissemination of culture but without harming the creators of the works".
For further information on the Argentinean delegation's proposal, please click on the following link: http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/copyright/es/sccr_33/sccr_33_4.pdf
Source: National Ministry of Justice
