Scoping Study on Copyright and Related Rights and the Public Domain

"The Thematic Project on Intellectual Property and the Public Domain, dealing with the Development Agenda Recommendations 16 and 20 (document CDIP/4/3 Rev) includes inter alia the preparation of a “Scoping Study on Copyright and Related Rights and the Public Domain” (Activity 1.3). The Study has been completed and is available in the six official languages of WIPO....The scoping study has the objective of providing assistance to Member States by raising awareness of this increasingly important issue. Moreover, the Study produces essential information for the evaluation of the possible benefits of a “rich and accessible” Public Domain...."