The diplomatic niceties of congratulating the SCCR Chair and the WIPO Secretariat were mixed during the morning session with approving mentions of two proposals (by Argentina and The United States) which promised to make progress on the Broadcasting Treaty. The schedule for the week will see the Broadcasting Treaty take up the first two days before we move on to exceptions and limitations for libraries, archives, educational and research institutions and for persons with other disabilities. The draft agenda was adopted and delegations delivered their opening statements pledging a constructive approach to the discussions. (The official page for all SCCR37 documents is here.) The morning session brought no surprises as SCCR Chair Daren Tang of the Singapore IPO called the delegates to have ‘dynamic’ discussions. This morning, beneath the giant baubles of WIPO’s conference hall, we all had our earpieces in as WIPO Deputy Director General, Sylvie Forbin, took the floor to welcome delegates and urge them to use the week to make good progress on the different agenda items before them. Remind yourself what happened last time by having a quick read through our blog diaries and our jargon buster. ![]() ![]() Back then there was even talk of a Diplomatic Conference (or DipCon in the jargon) to turn the 20 years of negotiations into an actual treaty. ![]() If you’re not a regular WIPO-watcher you could be forgiven for having forgotten what happened back in May when the 36th session of WIPO’s SCCR confounded expectations and appeared to make progress on the Broadcasting Treaty.
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