Videocast: Intellectual Property Watch sat down with the World Intellectual Property Organization’s new director general, Francis Gurry, to discuss his plans for the organisation. The appointment of Gurry was widely hailed by supporters as a positive change, and a way to get WIPO back to its original mandate of managing a complex international intellectual property system. Click below to see Gurry’s plans on where to take WIPO in the coming years, and his thoughts how to maintain the organisation’s leadership status.
Francis Gurry states his single greatest concern and hope for WIPO.
Francis Gurry speaks on new directions for the organisation.
Pretty scary that his vision for reforming copyright only concerns “returning value to creators”.
Returning value and freedom to consumers and citizens should be the prerogative of an UN institution like WIPO.