 The World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO, is committed to the WISIS process and to its multi-stakeholder nature. WIPO in fact has an important stake in the WISIS process because Intellectual Property, copyright in particular, provides the interface between on the one hand the world of creation, books, music, film and other content and on the other hand the economy or the business models pursuant to which access is given in the economy to those works, those creative works that so enrich our lives. Copyright provides the basis of market exchange and it provides the basis for rewarding creators and artists and performers which in turn ensures that we have a viable and sustainable method for financing cultural production and providing content for the future.