Content tagged Copyright

IFLA has addressed a letter to the Colombian government, welcoming progress on passing laws to enable access to information with people with disabilities, and urging the inclusion of libraries in...

News - 14 April 2021

Tags: Access to knowledge, Colombia, Copyright, Marrakesh Treaty, Services to the visually impaired

IFLA has contributed to consultations on reforms to copyright laws in Canada and Singapore, making recommendations designed to give the best possible opportunities for libraries and their users to...

News - 13 April 2021

Tags: Access to knowledge, Canada, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Singapore, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

On the 26th of April, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) invites representatives of governments and civil society to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day, under the theme...

Event - 6 April 2021

Tags: business, Copyright, entrepreneurship, Intellectual property, Webinar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has joined with partners in signing a call for World Trade Organization Members to make it clear that where intellectual property rights make it more difficult to tackle COVID-19 and its...

News - 25 March 2021

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, TRIPS, World Trade Organization (WTO), CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

2021 has begun and IFLA is already on the way to being a busy year. While all libraries are facing information access problems because of COVID-19, we are committed to continuing efforts to build...

News - 20 January 2021

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Cooperation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Digital preservation, Freedom of information, International cooperation, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the importance for libraries to be able to provide services to users through digital channels. As such, it has thrown a new light on many of the questions that...

News - 26 November 2020

Tags: Associations, Copyright, COVID-19, Digital resources, Ireland, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

On 16-20 November 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization hosted the 40th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). The objective of this meeting...

News - 23 November 2020

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Development, Digital preservation, Education, WIPO; SCCR, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

On 16-20 November 2020, the fortieth session of the Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organization will begin. The sessions will take place every day...

News - 12 November 2020

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Policy, Preservation, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The 40th meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) takes place on 16-20 November 2020 in virtual format....

Event - 10 November 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Meeting, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The third in a series of conversations about the interaction between artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP) will focus on questions around definitions, capacity building, and...

Event - 3 November 2020

Tags: Artificial intelligence, Conference, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ Lisa Hinchliffe (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) has undertaken research into copyright education among library associations in order to build an understanding of the...

Event - 23 October 2020

Tags: Copyright, copyright education, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Copyright Literacy, Information Literacy, Webinar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The International Science Council (ISC) is working together with science funders to bring together insights and ideas from the scientific community to support the achievement of the Sustainable...

News - 6 October 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Capacity building, Cooperation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Open access, Open science, Policy, Sustainability

This year's Global Conference on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest will take place online. With a strong focus on how intellectiul property laws, including copyright have affected...

Event - 5 October 2020

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, COVID-19, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The negotiation of the Intellectual Property Protocol of the African Continental Free Trade Area offers an opportunity to shape laws across the continent to support education, research and...

News - 1 October 2020

Tags: Access to knowledge, AfCFTA, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, trade agreements

The Original Directive In 2012, the European Union agreed a Directive on Orphan Works (OWD) (e.g. works for which institutions have not identify or located the rightsholder, preventing...

News - 29 September 2020

Tags: Copyright, Cultural heritage, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The WIPO General Assembly will take place on 21st to 29th September 2020. IFLA will participate in order to make the case for libraries. The World Intellectual Property Organization is the...

News - 18 September 2020

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO GA

The 61st Series of Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) takes place from 21 to 29 September 2020, alongside other meetings such as the Marrakesh Treaty...

Event - 17 September 2020

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Event, Library services to people with disabilities, Switzerland, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has submitted a response to a consultation by the European Commission on guidance to Member States on how to implement the controversial new provisions on internet platforms introduced by the...

News - 16 September 2020

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, EU-DSM; European Copyright Directive, Europe, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Human rights, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

In order to fulfil their mission to provide access to information, libraries increasingly focus on acquiring, or buying licences, to digital content. As such, our institutions have a...

Event - 14 September 2020

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Copyright, Library collections, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has called for South Africa’s Parliament to return the country’s Copyright Amendment Bill to the President for signature, and to reject the questionable allegations of...

News - 18 August 2020

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, South Africa, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA took part in the second session of the conversation on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence organised by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on 7-9 July 2020...

News - 21 July 2020

Tags: Artificial intelligence, Copyright, Intellectual property, Text mining, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

There has been disappointing news from Mexico, where recent copyright legislation risks making access to information significantly harder, while also undermining the role of the judiciary and...

News - 20 July 2020

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Mexico, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Following years of advocacy in favour of long-overdue copyright reforms, libraries in South Africa will need to wait a while longer for change. Following pressure from foreign governments, the...

News - 29 June 2020

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, South Africa, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Copyright reader working group aims to produce an open access book to increase copyright literacy in the library sector by explaining copyright and its application in common copyright matters...

Informational Page - 18 June 2020

Tags: Copyright, Literacy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The European Union Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market entered into force on 7 June 2019, with Member States having two years to transpose it (i.e. to implement it into national...

News - 8 June 2020

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Digital Single Market Directive, EU-DSM; European Copyright Directive, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights invited stakeholders, including IFLA, to provide input for a report on the threat of climate change to culture, heritage and cultural...

News - 6 May 2020

Tags: Access to information, Capacity building, Change management, Conservation, Copyright, Cultural heritage, Digital divide, Digitisation, Human rights, Peace, Policy, Preservation, Risk assessment, Risk Register, Preservation and Conservation

With this year's World Intellectual Property Day focusing on innovation for a green future, IFLA and its partners have come together to call on governments and the World Intellectual Property...

News - 27 April 2020

Tags: Access to information, Climate change, climate heritage, Copyright, Preservation, Press Release, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA, and partner organisations have launched an open letter to mark World Intellectual Property Day, 26 April 2020, underlining the need for copyright laws to support, rather than hinder, efforts...

News - 26 April 2020

Tags: Conservation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Preservation, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Faced with the urgent need to combat the COVID-19 Pandemic and its consequences, it is vital to ensure that intellectual property laws and practices do not become a blockage. IFLA, working with...

News - 3 April 2020

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

New research from Australia has explored how the way eBooks are offered to libraries affect their decisions over what to offer borrowers. Led by Associate Professor Rebecca Giblin of the...

News - 1 April 2020

Tags: Access to information, Australia, Copyright, eBooks, eLending for Libraries, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The UN agency that manages the global intellectual property system – including copyright – has nominated a new Director General. As the current Chair of the organisation’s...

News - 10 March 2020

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organization, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has shared its comments on a draft issues paper prepared by the World Intellectual Property Organisation about artificial intelligence. These look to ensure that the case for copyright...

News - 17 February 2020

Tags: Access to information, Artificial intelligence, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The rise of artificial intelligence raises questions in many different policy areas, including for intellectual property. IFLA has contributed to efforts by WIPO to develop a survey to build...

Publication - 16 February 2020

Tags: Artificial intelligence, Copyright, text and data mining, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

A key part of the follow up to the Copyright Directive on which IFLA worked alongside partner organisations is a set of dialogues among rightholders, internet platforms and user groups in order to...

Event - 7 February 2020

Tags: Access to information, Belgium, Copyright, copyright directive, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Event, intermediary liability, Meetings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

A key part of the follow up to the Copyright Directive on which IFLA worked alongside partner organisations is a set of dialogues among rightholders, internet platforms and user groups in order to...

Event - 16 January 2020

Tags: Access to information, Belgium, Copyright, copyright directive, Copyright exceptions and limitations, intermediary liability, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The latest meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) saw further discussions about how to get the best laws...

Publication - 19 December 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Exceptions and limitations, WIPO, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

On 23 November 2019, UNESCO adopted a recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER). This marks the culmination of a long effort to which IFLA has contributed from the perspective of...

News - 12 December 2019

Tags: Copyright, Education, Licensing, Open access, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

This Saturday, 7 December 2019, IFLA wishes to highlight an important date for European libraries: we are 18 months from the final date of the implementation of the new European Copyright...

News - 6 December 2019

Tags: Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

On November 26th, IFLA was once again at WIPO, at a meeting organised by the secretariat for Non-Governmental Organizations. The NGOs’ meeting with the WIPO Director-General...

News - 27 November 2019

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Recorded at the National Library of Technology in Prague, Czech Republic, from Wednesday, October 9, at 10:00 CET, until Friday, October 11, 2019, at noon CET. More at https://ilds2019....

Publication - 12 November 2019

Tags: Access to knowledge, Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Benchmarking, Best practices, Big data, Conferences, Cooperation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Czechia, Data management, Digital divide, Document delivery, eBooks, Electronic document delivery, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Interlibrary loans, International cooperation, Networking, Open access, Research support, Document Delivery and Resource Sharing, Videos

In June 2019, the European Union’s new Copyright Directive entered into force. Member States must implement this Directive into their national laws by 7 June 2021.  Some...

News - 6 November 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Published on behalf of the IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section’s Standing Committee, this freely-accessible eBook is a testimonial reflecting the state-of-the-art in the...

Publication - 4 November 2019

Tags: Access to information, Benchmarking, Best practices, Big data, Conferences, Cooperation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Digital divide, Document delivery, eBooks, Electronic document delivery, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Intellectual property, Interlibrary loans, International cooperation, Library collections, Open access, Publications, Research support, Scholarly communications, Statistics and evaluation, User experience, Conference proceedings, Document Delivery and Resource Sharing

From 18-19 October 2019, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) hosted an international conference on issues of copyright exceptions and limitations for libraries, archives and...

News - 21 October 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Conferences, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland

At the 39th meeting of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), United Nations member states will discuss the topic of exceptions and limitations to copyright for...

Event - 21 October 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, International cooperation, Meeting

This Friday 18th October, the International Conference on Exceptions and Limitations at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) begins. It will be an opportunity to deliver on...

News - 17 October 2019

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, International cooperation

A lot of advocacy work focuses on trying to change laws in order to improve the situation for libraries. However, there can be alterantives to legal reform as a recent example from Australia shows...

News - 14 October 2019

Tags: Australia, Copyright, Literacy and reading, publishers, storytimes, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

    From 30 September to 9 October 2019, the General Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization took place in Geneva, Switzerland. WIPO is the...

News - 7 October 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Marrakesh Treaty, Switzerland, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) take place from 30 September to 9 October 2019. They are the main opportunity to hear updates and take decisions about...

Event - 7 October 2019

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

بعد أعوام من مُشاركة الإفلا في المنظمة العالمية للملكية الفكرية (الويبو)، وصلت المُناقشات الى لحظة حاسمة. ففي ثلاث ندوات إقليمية، طالبت العديد من الدول باتخاذ إجراءات دوليه – وهي أولوية...

News - 29 August 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Copyright reform, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2019, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ После многих лет сотрудничества ИФЛА и Всемирная организация интеллектуальной собственности (ВОИС) подошли к важнейшему этапу в обсуждении вопросов авторского права. В ходе проведения...

News - 29 August 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Copyright reform, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2019, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

多年来，国际图联始终参与世界知识产权组织活动，现在相关讨论已到达关键时刻。在三场地区研讨会期间，多个国家呼吁采取国际行动——这也是国际图联优先考虑的事项。2019年10月，国际图联将举办一场全球会议，以决定下一步开展的工作。 版权是图书馆开展业务工作的关键影响因素。尽管开放获取的增长意味着可用的新内容越来越多，且限制越来越少，...

News - 29 August 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Copyright reform, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2019, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ Nach Jahren des IFLA-Engagements bei der Weltorganisation für geistiges Eigentum (WIPO) haben die Diskussionen einen entscheidenden Moment erreicht. In drei regionalen Seminaren...

News - 29 August 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Copyright reform, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2019, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ Tras años de colaboración de la IFLA en la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), las discusiones han llegado a un momento clave. En tres...

News - 29 August 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Copyright reform, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2019, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Après des années d‘engagement de l’IFLA auprès de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OMPI), les discussions ont atteint un...

News - 29 August 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Copyright reform, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2019, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

After years of IFLA engagement at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), discussions have reached a key moment. In three regional seminars, many countries asked for international...

News - 29 August 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Copyright reform, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2019, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Marrakesh Treaty continues to be popular: after only a few years, it already has 57 contracting parties, in other words countries that have acceded or ratified the Treaty. Most of these are...

News - 19 August 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

By Denise Nicholson, CLM Expert Advisor African countries have very different copyright laws, all at various stages of development and/or review. Some countries have very outdated...

News - 27 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

On 17 May 2019, after several years of discussion, the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market was published in the official journal of the European Union. It enters into...

News - 18 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Archives, Associations, Conservation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Digital humanities, Digital libraries, Digital preservation, Digitisation, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

At the 36th session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Member States agreed on an action plan on exceptions...

Publication - 8 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ Una ley de derechos de autor adaptada al mundo digital y equilibrada es clave para que las bibliotecas puedan llevar a cabo su misión de interés público....

Publication - 5 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Latin America and the Caribbean, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...

Publication - 5 June 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Latin America and the Caribbean, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

The European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market was recently published in the official journal, marking its entry into force and the start of the implementation process. The very...

News - 27 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Europe, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Internet governance, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Des lois de droit d’auteur modernes et équilibrées sont essentielles à la réalisation de la mission d'intérêt public des biblioth...

Publication - 7 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...

Publication - 6 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

The Creative Commons Global Summit brings together people from around the world interested in making it easier to create and share knowledge freely. IFLA will be there, talking in particular about...

Event - 6 May 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Conference, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA’s existing statement on Public Lending Right (PLR), updated in 2016, sets out IFLA’s policy position on Public Lending Right. These best practices are without prejudice to the...

Publication - 29 April 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Digital libraries, Digital resources, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Best Practices, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Spanish government recently implemented two European directives: the Marrakesh Directive, and the Collective Management Directive. The bill that transposed these two pieces of legislation came...

News - 25 April 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Associations, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries

We had a chat with Wend Wendland, Director of the Traditional Knowledge Division at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), to find out more both about the division and the WIPO...

News - 23 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Cooperation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Indigenous peoples, Intellectual property

By the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the European Bureau of Library Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA), SPARC Europe, the...

Publication - 17 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Associations, Conservation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Cultural heritage, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications

Following the European Parliament’s adoption of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market on 26 March 2019, the Council of Ministers of the European Union has now also voted in...

News - 17 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Associations, Conservation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eLending, eLending for Libraries, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

ELending is becoming increasingly important and is already well-established in many countries. While jurisdictions approach the lending of eBooks and other digital material in many different ways...

News - 12 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Accessibility, Advocacy, Australia, Canada, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Intellectual property, Licensing, New Zealand, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​It’s time to look back at a of week global discussions on copyright at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). There were useful new reports and materials, signs of consensus...

News - 9 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Archives, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Policy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ Intergovernmental Organisations both shape the policies and priorities of governments, and inform the international debate. By going making their publications freely – and...

News - 4 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Open access, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has agreed a statement calling on Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs) to make their research and data available to the public for free, and without unnecessary limitations on use....

Publication - 4 April 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Open access, Statements

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will once again be focusing on exceptions and limitations for libraries next...

News - 27 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Representatives of the education and library communities and the South Centre will brief WIPO delegates on the coming work of the 38th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and...

Event - 25 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, E-learning, Education, Electronic collections, Electronic resources, Event, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...

Publication - 19 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Asia and Oceania, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars

The brief celebrates the commitment of the library sector to making OER a reality and encourages continued engagement by providing background information. It shares the definition of OER, its...

Publication - 4 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, E-learning, Education, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​IFLA has issued a brief on open educational resources (OER), building on the recent UNESCO recommendation. It underlines the role that librarians can play in creating, curating and ensuring...

News - 4 March 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, E-learning, Education, Open access, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

2019 will be a key year to show what libraries around the world need from copyright laws. A series of regional seminars organised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation will...

News - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is organising an international conference on limitations and exceptions to copyright for libraries, archives, museums, research and educational...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Conference, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

L'Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OMPI) organise trois séminaires régionaux en 2019 qui exploreront la situation du droit d’auteur au...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Kenya, Seminar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

La Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) está organizando tres seminarios regionales durante 2019 que explorarán el panorama actual de excepciones y...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Seminar, Singapore, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Una ley de derechos de autor adaptada al mundo digital y equilibrada es clave para que las bibliotecas puedan llevar a cabo su misión de interés público. Legislaci...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Webinar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Des lois de droit d’auteur modernes et équilibrées sont essentielles à la réalisation de la mission d'intérêt public des biblioth...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Webinar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Webinar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Webinar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Webinar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Webinar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Webinar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is organising three seminars in 2019 which will explore the current landscape of exceptions and limitations to copyright for libraries in Africa...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Seminar, Singapore, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is organising three seminars in 2019 which will explore the current landscape of exceptions and limitations to copyright for libraries in Africa...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Kenya, Seminar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is organising three seminars in 2019 which will explore the current landscape of exceptions and limitations to copyright for libraries in Africa...

Event - 28 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Seminar, Singapore, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

After thirty months of discussion, there was provisional agreement yesterday on the EU’s draft Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. While there have been marked steps...

News - 14 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The IFLA Copyright and Other Legal Matters Committee’s mid-term meeting is taking place on 22 March in London. The day before, CLM will be having a joint meeting with FAIFE, whose mid-term...

Event - 7 February 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Midterm Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

At the 38th meeting of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), United Nations member states will discuss the topic of exceptions and limitations to copyright for...

Event - 7 February 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

EBLIDA's Expert Group on Information Law (EGIL) is having its bi-annual meeting at the British Library in London. IFLA participates actively in order to raise awareness of its own activities,...

Event - 7 February 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Associations, Copyright, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Publishers and libraries have long, together, helped to ensure the flow of ideas and knowledge from writers to readers. Yet with new technologies and new patterns of creativity an consumption,...

Event - 5 February 2019

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Copyright, Egypt, Publishing, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

This week, 89 organisations, defenders of freedom of expression and freedom of access to information, co-signed a letter asking for the deletion of controversial articles in the proposed European...

News - 31 January 2019

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has today published an update to its Marrakesh Monitoring Report. This sets out which countries have ratified or acceded to the Treaty, and which have taken the necessary steps at...

News - 24 January 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Intellectual property, Interlibrary loans, International cooperation, Library services to people with disabilities, Services to the visually impaired

The concept of controlled digital lending is receiving growing attention. Originating in the United States, it is now a subject of discussion elsewhere in the world, raising both interest and...

News - 22 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

PRESS RELEASE: for immediate release May 28, 1996   At the invitation of IPA President Fernando Guedes, IFLA Secretary General Leo Voogt represented IFLA at the 25th...

Publication - 13 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Publishing, IFLA/IPA Steering Group, Statements

12 October 2001: The joint Steering Group of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the International Publishers Association (IPA) is working to promote...

Publication - 13 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Publishing, IFLA/IPA Steering Group, Statements

      The Hague, 2 July 2012  [PDF] The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the European...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, trade deals, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

English | français The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the global voice of the international library community. Libraries play...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, trade deals, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

On 22 February 2016, IFLA co-signed the Brussels Declaration on Trade and the Internet in support of sustainable, transparent, accountable and democratic international trading systems. The...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, trade agreements, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

South Africa is reforming its copyright framework, and the Copyright Amendment Bill takes an ambitious approach that could set a great example not only for neighbouring countries but also...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, South Africa, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, adopted on June 27, 2013, has been ratified by 30...

Publication - 12 January 2019

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Malawi, Marrakesh Treaty, Print disabilities, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

The first major reform of Europe's copyright system in almost 20 years aims to update the law for the digital age. In addition to affecting libraries and library users across Europe, it also...

Publication - 20 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Digital humanities, Digital preservation, Digitisation, E-learning, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Europe, Licensing, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications

IFLA DDRS Standing Committee would like to challenge the interlending and document supply community to consider strategies for contending with an increasingly complex global information...

Event - 7 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Best practices, Change management, Conference, Conferences, Cooperation, Copyright, Czechia, Document delivery, Electronic document delivery, Interlibrary loans, International cooperation, Resource discovery, Document Delivery and Resource Sharing

At the 37th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), many representatives of...

Publication - 6 December 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Cooperation, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Last week, IFLA attended the 37th meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). This is the primary...

News - 5 December 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has been working over the past months to support its South African members in advocating around ongoing copyright reforms. These promise to offer librarians more legal certainty and...

News - 20 November 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, South Africa, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Le droit d'auteur est un élément central dans le travail des bibliothèques, et c’est pourquoi l’IFLA est un défenseur actif de meilleures lois du droit...

News - 15 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

El derecho de autor es un elemento central del trabajo de las bibliotecas, y esta es la razón por la que la IFLA es un defensor activo de mejores leyes de derecho de autor. Nuestro...

News - 15 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Copyright is a core element of libraries’ work, and this is why IFLA is an active advocate for better copyright laws. Our engagement at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is...

News - 15 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

At the 37th meeting of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), United Nations member states will discuss the topic of exceptions and limitations to copyright for...

Event - 15 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

OpenCon annual conferences seek to bring together a diverse, representative, and highly engaged group of participants in the field of open access, open data and open education. The Conference can...

Event - 2 November 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Conference, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Open access, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Following extensive discussions, libraries in the Netherlands have come to an agreement with publishers and others about eBook availability in the country. Published in the Official...

News - 31 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, eBooks, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Netherlands, Interview, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

It’s Open Access Week! This year’s topic is “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge”. It raises questions such as “How do we ensure sustainability...

News - 22 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Open access, Open source, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The fastest-ratifying treaty At the recently celebrated General Assemblies, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)’s Director General Francis Gurry underlined the...

News - 12 October 2018

Tags: Accessibility, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

With the right copyright laws key to library activities, IFLA actively advocates for positive reforms at the international, regional and national levels. In light of the current review of Canada...

News - 8 October 2018

Tags: Canada, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Extended collective licensing is increasingly proposed as a solution to problems faced by libraries in getting permissions to digitise and use large numbers of works. But it can only work if there...

News - 8 October 2018

Tags: Access to information, collective management; extended collective management, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The World Intellectual Property Organisation’s annual General Assembly saw exciting announcements around the Marrakesh Treaty, welcome support for better laws for libraries,...

News - 4 October 2018

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Marrakesh Treaty, Switzerland, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Copyright, together with other intellectual property rights, seeks to promote creativity and innovation by giving the creator or rightsholder a monopoly of rights, or exclusive rights over the...

News - 24 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The annual general assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation – WIPO – offers a chance to take a strategic look at the Organisation’s work across the...

Event - 24 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Conference, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The annual general assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation – WIPO – offers a chance to take a strategic look at the Organisation’s work across the board...

News - 24 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

LIBER is the leading international fair for the Spanish-language book sector. IFLA will participate in a pannel about intellectual property, where speakers will discuss current trends and...

Event - 18 September 2018

Tags: Copyright, eBooks, Event, Publications, Reading, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

"The Global Congress is the main convening of a global network of over 800 researchers, activists, and practitioners who work on the intersection of intellectual property and promotion of the...

Event - 18 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Event, Intellectual property, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Before the summer break of 2018, the plenary of the European Parliament decided that the compromise brought forward by the legal affairs’ committee was not good enough. Its proposal for a...

Publication - 13 September 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Europe, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, 13 September 2018— In a vote on copyright today, Members of the European Parliament offered welcome support to libraries’ heritage work. However,...

News - 13 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright reform, European Parliament, Press Release, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Following the launch of a guide to implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty and a statement on copyright literacy at the World Library and Information Congress, IFLA has continued to make the case...

News - 10 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​Next Wednesday, all of the European Parliament’s 751 Members will have the opportunity to amend the draft Directive on copyright. In doing so, they will send a message to Europe’s...

News - 7 September 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Чтобы рассказать о концепции грамотности в области авторского права, ее значении для различных аспектов библиотечной деятельности, а также выработать рекомендации для основных заинтересованных...

News - 29 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

As part of the 2018 World Library and Information Caucus, IFLA organised a flash session on the subject of latest developments at Creative Commons, and how libraries can get involved....

Event - 29 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Programme, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ ​   أصدرت الإفلا بيانًا حول تعليم ومحو أمية حقوق الطبع والنشر؛ لشرح المبدأ نفسه وأهميته في عمل المكتبات ووضع توصيات للمُستفيدين. أن تكون على علم بحقوق...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Marrakesh Treaty has already had a major impact on copyright legislation, removing legal barriers to making and sharing copies of books in accessible formats. But to ensure that people with...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to information, Copyright, Copyright, From the Annual Conference, Libraries serving persons with print disabilities, Marrakesh Treaty, Services to people with disabilities, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

In order to explain the concept of copyright literacy, its importance within the broader work of libraries and to make recommendations to key stakeholders, IFLA has published a statement on...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Para explicar el concepto de alfabetización en derechos de autor, su importancia dentro del amplio trabajo de las bibliotecas y hacer recomendaciones a las partes implicadas, la IFLA ha...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Afin d'expliquer la notion de culture du droit d'auteur, son importance au sein de l’ensemble plus vaste des activités des bibliothèques et de faire des recommandations...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

为了阐释版权素养的概念及其在图书馆广泛工作中的重要性，并对利益相关者提出改进建议，国际图联发布了关于版权教育和版权素养的声明。   具备版权素养是指拥有丰富的版权知识并能够明智决定如何利用受版权保护的文献。其中包括随着法律、实践和用户期望的发展，了解版权制度的结构、功能和影响。版权教育则是发展和更新版权素养的过程。...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ Um das Konzept der Urheberrechtskompetenz (Copyright Literacy) und ihre Bedeutung im erweiterten Umfeld von Bibliotheken zu erläutern und Empfehlungen an die wesentlichen...

News - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Literacy, From the Annual Conference, IFLA WLIC 2018, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ ​ The Marrakesh Treaty entered into force in September 2016, faster than any other international copyright text in the last 40 years. It promises to remove some of the key...

Publication - 27 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Libraries serving persons with print disabilities, Library services to people with disabilities, Marrakesh Treaty, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Toolkits

13:30 - 16:00 The Copyright and Other Legal Matters Committee’s second business meeting is taking place on 29 August 2018. Discussions will focus on several areas of the committee...

Event - 9 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

15:45 - 17:45 The Copyright and Other Legal Matters Committee’s first business meeting is taking place on 24 August 2018. Discussions will focus on several areas of the committee...

Event - 9 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

9:30 - 11:30 Simulatenous translation The shift from buying physical library media to licensing digital content has profound impacts on the way libraries acquire and give access to...

Event - 9 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Congress, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Electronic collections, Electronic resources, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

9:30 - 11:30 The session will be divided into two with the first hour provided by three members of the IFLA International Leaders programme. The speakers will explore the many ways in...

Event - 9 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Congress, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

08:30 - 10:30 Livestreamed Simultaneous Interpretation In the 5 years since the last major session at WLIC, we have seen talk of the death of the physical books replaced by...

Event - 9 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Congress, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eBooks, Electronic resources, eLending, eLending for Libraries, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The IFLA background paper on extended collective licensing presents examples of extended collective licensing systems under several jurisdictions. Reports from Canada, China, France, Germany, the...

Publication - 7 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Digitisation, Licensing, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Libraries have a mission to maximize access to their collections, for culture, education and research. In doing so, they face challenges around clearing rights – i.e. how to make these books...

News - 7 August 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Licensing, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Australia is looking at reviewing its Copyright Act of 1968 with the aim of bringing its copyright framework up to date with the digital world. The government consulted on a few specific...

Publication - 5 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Australia, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications

​ The European Parliament today voted to reject the version of the draft Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market proposed by its Legal Affairs Committee. This decision will...

News - 5 July 2018

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Europe, Preservation, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Australia is looking at reviewing its Copyright Act of 1968 with the aim of bringing its copyright framework up to date with the digital world. After earlier reviews such as the safe...

News - 5 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Australia, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ Article 13 is a key element of the EU draft Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. As such, it needs careful analysis and consideration given the threats it poses...

Publication - 3 July 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright, Europe, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Briefings, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA commissed a review of the available literature on the limits of licensing as a means of giving access to knowledge, in order better to understand the feasibility of universal licensing based...

Publication - 29 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Studies

Yesterday, the Legal affairs committee at the European Parliament (EP) voted on the copyright Directive. There is welcome confirmation of the value of exceptions to copyright as a guarantee of...

News - 21 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

United Nations Member States said positive things bout libraries at the 36th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR, World Intellectual Property Organisation, WIPO...

Publication - 19 June 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

On the occasion of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 12-14 June 2018, IFLA wished to underline the positive progress that is taking place within the European Union...

Publication - 14 June 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

As States which have signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities meet in New York, IFLA is today publishing an update on what EU governments are doing to make the Marrakesh...

News - 14 June 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA was in Geneva from 28 May to 1 June to advocate for better exceptions and limitations to copyright for libraries. The occasion was the 36th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and...

News - 7 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organisation – has become an important player in the field of open educational resources. At its 39th General Conference in...

Publication - 4 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Education, Open access, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Publications

UNESCO is preparing a Draft Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER), as the next step forwards in its work in the area. Given the strong role of libraries in many countries in promoting...

News - 4 June 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Education, Open access, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The 36th session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will focus on defining action plans on copyright...

News - 28 May 2018

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland, WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organisation, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The 36th session of SCCR, taking place at WIPO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, will provide a further opportunity to make the case for a world where libraries everywhere benefit from at least...

Event - 27 May 2018

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

#1Lib1Ref – one librarian, one reference – is the Wikimedia Foundation’s initiative to engage the collective knowledge of libraries to improve the quality and...

News - 25 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, local content, Wikipedia, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

En nombre de las bibliotecas y sus usuarios en México y en todo el mundo, considero preocupante el texto del proyecto de ley recientemente votado en el Senado mexicano. El texto en cuesti...

Publication - 4 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Censorship, Copyright, Mexico, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

On behalf of libraries and their users in Mexico and around the world, I am concerned to hear about a reform recently voted in the Mexican Senate. The law in question would allow for articles,...

Publication - 4 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Censorship, Copyright, Mexico, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

La declaración presentada a continuación fue hecha por el Secretario General de la IFLA el día 4 de Mayo de 2018. En nombre de las bibliotecas y sus usuarios en M...

News - 4 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Censorship, Copyright, Mexico, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The following statement is made by IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner, on 4 May 2018 On behalf of libraries and their users in Mexico and around the world, I am concerned to hear about...

News - 4 May 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Censorship, Copyright, Mexico, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Afin de promouvoir un régime de droit d'auteur équilibré, L'IFLA collabore de forme étroite avec l'Organisation Mondiale de la Propriét...

Publication - 25 April 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Resource Guides, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

La IFLA participa en la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), la agencia de las Naciones Unidas a cargo de aprobar normas y recomendaciones a nivel internacional...

Publication - 25 April 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Resource Guides, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA works closely with the World Intellectual Property Organisaiton (WIPO) - the UN agency in charge of making rules and recommendations internationally on copyright...

Publication - 25 April 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Resource Guides, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

L'Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OMPI) est une agence spécialisée des Nations Unies en charge du droit d'auteur et d'autres questions...

News - 25 April 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

La Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) es una Agencia especializada de las Naciones Unidas a cargo de derechos de autor y otras cuestiones relacionadas con la propiedad...

News - 25 April 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is the United Nations Agency in charge of copyright and other intellectual property issues. Its aim is to lead the development of a...

News - 24 April 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The European copyright reform is moving forwards, with the final vote in the lead parliamentary committee due on 20-21 June. This leaves the possibility of the two institutions – Parliament...

News - 24 April 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Infographics, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Infographics, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Libraries were front and centre at the Creative Commons Global Summit 2018, sharing both their commitment to openness and their skills in making this a reality. IFLA was there, engaging in...

News - 23 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Canada, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Click on the image to access the full document (only available in Spanish).   For more details on the context of the document, see the newspiece.

Publication - 17 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Colombia, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Colombia is now in the process of reforming its copyright law (Ley 23 de 1982). In view of this reform and of the debate at the Comisión Primera of the Honourable Senate of the Republic of...

News - 17 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Colombia, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Colombia está en proceso de reformar su Ley de Propiedad Intelectual (Ley 23 de 1982). En vista de esta reforma y de un debate en la Comisión Primera del Honorable Senado de la Rep...

News - 17 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Colombia, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

  Para más detalles sobre el contexto de este documento, ver la noticia aquí.

Publication - 17 April 2018

Tags: Advocacy, Colombia, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Creative Commons Global Summit brings together people from around the world interested in making it easier to create and share knowledge freely. IFLA will be there, talking in particular about...

Event - 14 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Canada, Conference, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has submitted initial comments on a draft document on best practices for collective management organisations produced by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). This initiative...

News - 4 April 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​The Marrakesh Treaty, which aims to remove unnecessary copyright-related barriers to making and sharing accessible copies of books. To date, only two Arab-language countries have ratified this,...

News - 19 March 2018

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, United Arab Emirates, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

There has been welcome news from the Unites States, where legislation designed to implement the Marrakesh Treaty has been introduced to Congress. Once this is voted, America will join the growing...

News - 19 March 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Marrakesh Treaty, United States of America, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Hague, Geneva, Oxford, 15th March 2018 — Libraries and publishers both play an essential role in the production of, and the provision of access to, creativity and knowledge. In their...

Publication - 15 March 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Preservation, WIPO, Press Release, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

The European Union is in the process of reforming its copyright law. The reforms set out the ambitious goal of bringing the regime up to date with the digital age, with rules affecting libraries...

News - 8 March 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The European Union is in the process of reforming its copyright law. The reforms set out the ambitious goal of bringing the regime up to date with the digital age, with rules affecting libraries...

Publication - 8 March 2018

Tags: Copyright, Infographics, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​ IFLA has joined with members from across Europe in signing the Sofia Declaration. This calls on European Union institutions and governments to recognise the importance of documentary...

News - 27 February 2018

Tags: Access to information, Bulgaria, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

There is strong and welcome progress on the implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty around the world. With formal ratification, and the associated changes to domestic laws, the world is moving...

Event - 26 February 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Marrakesh Treaty, Seminar, United Arab Emirates, Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

This is a critical time for the ongoing reforms, with votes imminent in the key European Parliament Committee, as well as the Council (whcih brings together Member States). IFLA will be...

Event - 20 February 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Europe, Seminar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​IFLA President Glòria Pérez-Salmerón has placed realising the potential of libraries to empower their users in a digital society, and so achieve development goals, at the...

News - 29 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, France

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Publication - 18 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Information society, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

IFLA has signed the joint letter "Educators ask for a better copyright", initiated by Communia Association for the Public Domain, which underlines our existing concerns with regards to...

News - 16 January 2018

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations

Blockchain, highlighted in the 2016 Trend Report Update as a key emerging issue for libraries, has also increasingly grabbed popular attention. The rising value of BitCoin has been at the heart of...

Publication - 7 January 2018

Tags: Access to information, blockchain, Copyright, Exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Studies

La IFLA da la bienvenida a toda reforma legislativa que persiga adaptar el marco legal de derechos de autor al ámbito digital. Colombia está ahora en proceso de reformar su propia...

News - 19 December 2017

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA welcomes all steps towards making legislative changes that adapt current copyright frameworks to the digital age. Colombia is now in the process of reforming its copyright law (Ley 23 de 1982...

News - 19 December 2017

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The work of libraries relies on the existence of a modern and complete set of exceptions and limitations to copyright. While national legislation is usually the responsibility of national...

News - 27 November 2017

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, NAFTA, trade agreements, United States of America, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA attended the 35th session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights to make the case for the need of a minimum standard of exceptions and limitations to copyright for...

News - 24 November 2017

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, SCCR, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA attended the 49th General Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), from 2-5 October 2017, taking the opportunity to underline the need for action to help...

News - 10 October 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Marrakesh Treaty, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The transition towards Open Access is gaining momentum. It promises to deliver a major step forward in giving access to the results of science and research, allowing new ideas to emerge and spread...

News - 11 September 2017

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Europe, Open access, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA commissed a review of the available literature on the limits of licensing as a means of giving access to knowledge, in order better to understand the feasibility of universal licensing based...

Publication - 20 August 2017

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Licences, licensing, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Studies

Alongside the Literature Review on the Limits of Licensing, IFLA has produced an executive summary. This is available to download as a pdf.

Publication - 20 August 2017

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Digital resources, Licences, Licensing, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Studies

The Copyright and Other Legal Matters (CLM) Strategic Programme represents the voice of the international library community in copyright and other legal concerns. CLM strongly advocates at...

News - 16 August 2017

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations

Digital channels are becoming ever more dominant as a means of sharing and accessing content. They bring a speed and simplicity of use, at near-zero marginal costs, that have brought us much...

Publication - 24 July 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

Following the decision of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to incorporate Extended Media Extensions in to the HTML Standard, IFLA has called for reconsideration.  ...

News - 17 July 2017

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Digital preservation, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA, alongside 63 other civil society and trade associations has co-signed a letter to Ministers attending the European Union’s Competitiveness Council. This initiative seeks to urge...

News - 29 May 2017

Tags: Copyright, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Through the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) offers a platform for discussion among Member States and NGOs at a global...

News - 9 May 2017

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Human progress, innovation and creativity depends on being able to access, share and build on existing knowledge and ideas. Libraries have long been at the heart of delivering this. Yet...

News - 2 May 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Canada, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Every year on 26 April, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Rights Day. This year in particular, WIPO explores how innovation and...

News - 26 April 2017

Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, World Intellectual Property Organisation, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

At the European Parliament in Strasbourg (France) last week, library representatives and Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) discussed the path towards a copyright reform that will empower...

News - 23 March 2017

Tags: Copyright, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Public libraries are at the heart of many communities. They welcome people from all backgrounds, providing a safe space, and often a source of pride. Throughout history, they have been...

Informational Page - 18 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Children, Copyright, Minority groups

  Libraries are the backbone of innovation systems. From stimulating literacy and curiosity in children, to providing students with the access they need to become experts,...

Informational Page - 18 January 2017

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

After close engagement in the negotiation of the Marrakesh Treaty, culminating in its signature in 2013, libraries are now working to realise its promise.   The Treaty...

News - 13 December 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Marrakesh Treaty, Visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA joined a coalition of international and national NGOs at the 33rd meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (...

News - 24 November 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Libraries in too many countries around the world lack the basic laws needed to do the best by their communities. And even where laws exist, they frequently fail to take account of the realities of...

News - 13 November 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Libraries play a crucial role in bringing people to reading. From children’s books to the latest thrillers, they are the safety value in the copyright system that prevents access to culture...

News - 10 November 2016

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, E-learning, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA attended the 7th annual Mozilla Festival (MozFest) on 28-30 October at Ravensbourne College, London, to set out the library perspective on copyright, especially in the context of...

News - 4 November 2016

Tags: 2030 Agenda, Copyright, Development, Open source, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

A hundred Members of the European Parliament took the opportunity last week to meet librarians from their own countries, as part of Public Libraries 2020’s successful Generation Code: Born...

News - 29 October 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Copyright, and in particular exceptions and limitations to the exclusive powers it offers writers and publishers, is crucial for libraries. A good copyright framework allows libraries to preserve...

News - 29 October 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Poland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

On 18-19 October 2016, representatives of libraries, organisations for people with print disabilities, and national copyright offices from across Latin America met in Buenos Aires to set out a...

News - 29 October 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Argentina, Copyright, Marrakesh Treaty, Vissually impared, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Colombia is currently planning a major reform of its copyright laws which will impact libraries and their users. They offer an opportunity to provide the tools necessary to seize new...

News - 24 October 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Colombia, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA took the floor three times during the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva, calling on ministers, heads of intellectual property offices...

News - 7 October 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Last week, the European Commission published proposals for legislation which would implement the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually...

News - 22 September 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Marrakesh Treaty, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

After years of promise, today saw the launch of proposals for copyright reform in Europe. Despite much talk of the need for modernisation of the rules to reflect the new possibilities and...

News - 14 September 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Europe, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

With proposals on European Union copyright reform imminent, IFLA continues to push for ambitious reforms that boost learning, innovation and creativity. Not only will positive change in the EU...

News - 14 September 2016

Tags: Copyright, Europe, Internet intermediary responsibilities, Text mining, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Under the theme Inclusive Trade, the World Trade Organization Public Forum will be an opportunity to discuss how a wider range of individuals and businesses can participate in the trading system...

Event - 30 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Meeting, trade agreements, WTO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The 33rd meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).

Event - 30 August 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Intellectual property, Meeting, SCCR, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

En 2015, bibliotecarios de América Latina se reunieron en Buenos Aires. En esta reunión compartieron experiencias y reflexiones, esperanzas y ambiciones sobre el futuro de las...

News - 18 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Latin America and the Caribbean, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

In 2015, librarians from across Latin America met in Buenos Aires. They came to share experiences and reflections, hopes and ambitions about the future of libraries and how they could best serve...

News - 17 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Latin America and the Caribbean, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Copyright matters for libraries. It is copyright, or rather exceptions and limitations to the monopoly power it offers rights-holders, that allow libraries to lend, copy, preserve, and...

News - 9 August 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The need to combat the ‘book famine’ for the blind, visually impaired, and other people with print disabilities was at the heart of the drive to pass the Treaty of Marrakesh. With the...

News - 5 August 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Africa, Copyright, Marrakesh Treaty, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA, alongside other civil society organisations from across the libraries, archives, and museums sector and beyond, engages closely in discussions at the World Intellectual Property Organization...

News - 26 July 2016

Tags: Copyright, SCCR, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Libraries have long been key to education, research and culture policies, in Europe and around the world. To continue to deliver the public interest mission given them, they need laws that reflect...

News - 16 June 2016

Tags: Copyright, Preservation, TDM, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Libraries today urged all players to work together and apply their efforts to build an open science system. In a statement responding to the conclusions of the EU Competitiveness Council,...

News - 9 June 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Knowledge society, Open access, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Digital technologies offer rich opportunities to collect, preserve and make the world’s knowledge available. But to make the most of these collections, libraries and archives need the...

News - 7 June 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Archives, Copyright, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Libraries and archives made a strong showing in the 32nd session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR),...

News - 24 May 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Swedish Library Association's Expert Network for Libraries and Copyright arranges a meeting where IFLA's Governing Board member Victoria Owen will hold a presentation about...

Event - 18 May 2016

Tags: Copyright, Information policies, Intellectual property, International cooperation, Meeting, Sweden, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

LIBER's 45th annual conference will take place in Helsinki, Finland on 29 June-1 July 2016. The conference is hosted by the National Library of Finland, Helsinki University...

Event - 11 May 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Conference, Copyright, Finland, LIBER, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Equitable access to information is central to the work of libraries. Thanks to libraries, people are discovering the world’s cultural and scientific riches, regardless of their wealth,...

News - 9 May 2016

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Library services to people with disabilities, Marrakesh Treaty, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA will be represented at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) next week. Talk of copyright is normally...

News - 6 May 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Archives, Copyright, Copyright reform, Cultural heritage, Development, Digital resources, Freedom of information, Information policies, International cooperation, Policy, Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR), WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The spring meeting of EBLIDA EGIL (Expert Group on Information Law) takes place on Thursday 19 May to Friday 20 May (09:30am-3:30pm BST) at CILIP’s offices in London, United Kingdom...

Event - 29 April 2016

Tags: Copyright, Intellectual property, Meeting, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The 32nd meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on exceptions and limitations internationally, preparing statements for IFLA...

Event - 26 April 2016

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

​Libraries have been associated with creativity for almost as long as books themselves. Their function – promoting human progress by collecting, preserving, and giving access to works of...

Informational Page - 25 April 2016

Tags: Art + Science = Creativity, Copyright, Creativity, Literacy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has co-signed a letter in response to comments made by Hachette Livre CEO Arnaud Nourry at this week's International Publishers' Congress. In it, we reject entirely the argument that...

News - 14 April 2016

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, contractual override, Copyright, EU, European Commission, Intellectual property, Knowledge society, Policy, Publishing, rights, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA has co-signed an open letter calling on the EU Commission to ensure that upcoming copyright reforms promote access to information and freedom of expression across Europe.  IFLA and...

News - 7 April 2016

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, EU, EU Copyright Consultation, Europe, European Commission, Freedom of expression, International cooperation, Internet access, Internet intermediary responsibilities, Knowledge society, Policy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA’s Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM) will look, in its WLIC 2016 session, at recent, ongoing and upcoming copyright reforms around the world, under the title Copyright...

News - 6 April 2016

Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Conferences, Copyright, Digital resources, Information policies, Intellectual property, Policy, United States of America, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

On 22 February 2016, IFLA co-signed the Brussels Declaration on Trade and the Internet in support of sustainable, transparent, accountable and democratic international trading systems. The...

News - 22 February 2016

Tags: Belgium, Brussels, CLM, Copyright, Copyright, Development, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)

Discussion of exceptions and limitations to enable access to information continued last week at the 31st meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at WIPO. IFLA...

News - 15 December 2015

Tags: Copyright, Copyright framework, EU Copyright Consultation, Geneva, SCCR, Switzerland, WIPO

[PDF] The Hague 10 December 2015 Modernisation of EU Copyright rules: yes, but… EBLIDA, the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations...

News - 10 December 2015

Tags: Copyright, Copyright framework, EU Copyright Consultation, Press Release, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Today IFLA joined a wide coalition of stakeholders representing civil society, news publishers, libraries, consumers and the digital industry in expressing concern regarding the European...

News - 24 November 2015

Tags: Copyright, Copyright reform, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Português [PDF] Leaders of national and parliamentary libraries from fifteen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,...

News - 4 November 2015

Tags: Argentina, Bibliotecas, Buenos Aires, Copyright, Information professionals, LAC, Marrakesh Treaty, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Português [PDF] Los líderes de las Bibliotecas Nacionales y Parlamentarias de 15 países de América Latina: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa...

News - 4 November 2015

Tags: Argentina, Bibliotecas, Buenos Aires, Copyright, Information professionals, LAC, Marrakesh Treaty, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA and la Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación in Argentina will hold a meeting to discuss copyright reform on October 28 and 29 in Buenos Aires. Motores para el Cambio: Primer Encuentro...

Event - 22 October 2015

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Copyright, Copyright reform, Digitisation, Freedom of information, IFLA LAC, Marrakesh Treaty, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The 31st meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives, limitations and...

Event - 4 September 2015

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The main policy and decision making bodies of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are the General Assembly and the Coordination Committee. Twenty Assemblies, and other bodies of...

Event - 4 September 2015

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA supports balanced copyright law that promotes the advancement of society as a whole by giving strong and effective protection for the interests of rightsholders and reasonable access to...

News - 20 July 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright

Next week, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)will once again meet to discuss exceptions and limitations for...

News - 24 June 2015

Tags: Copyright, SCCR, WIPO

On 4-5 June, IFLA participated in EuroDIG 2015: Shaping the Internet Together through three panels that discussed equal access to the Internet, the role of libraries in facilitating...

News - 23 June 2015

Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Bulgaria, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property

Internet communication is handled by intermediaries, including service providers, social networks, and search engines. These intermediaries are routinely asked to take down content, and...

News - 13 June 2015

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Intellectual property, Internet access, Policy

IFLA attended the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2015, held in Geneva from 25–29 May. Intergovernmental groups, stakeholders and other key players attended the High-...

News - 3 June 2015

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, ICTs, Lyon Declaration, SDGs, Sustainable Development Agenda, Switzerland, WSIS

This week the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) will be hosting EuroDIG 2015: Shaping the Internet together held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 – 5 June. IFLA will be...

Event - 3 June 2015

Tags: Advocacy, Bulgaria, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

“Big Data can reshape the world and save lives. By analyzing it, we can find answers to challenges such as climate change and global epidemics. Economies can be stimulated....

News - 7 May 2015

Tags: Copyright, data mining, Text mining, The Hague Declaration

Imagine a world where every book on every shelf across the world had different usage terms and conditions - this is the reality of the digital world we now live in.  ...

News - 7 May 2015

Tags: Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

This symposium will to take place at the Weill Cornell Medical College in Doha, Qatar. On day one of the meeting, CLM Chair Victoria Owen will be the Keynote speaker and will present on...

Event - 21 March 2015

Tags: Conference, Copyright, Qatar

On Wednesday 11 March 2015, the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights will present a thematic report to the 28th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva regarding copyright...

News - 11 March 2015

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Intellectual property, UNHCR, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

An event co-hosted by MEP Julia Reda, Greens/EFA, Pirate Party and MEP Josef Weidenholzer, S&D Europe is proud of its rich cultural heritage. Institutions like...

Event - 4 November 2014

Tags: Belgium, Copyright, Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Event

Slide presentations from the 2014 joint session in Lyon from ARL, Serials and Other Continuing Resources, and Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM) are now available....

Informational Page - 29 October 2014

Tags: Academic and Research Libraries, Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM), Copyright, humanities, Knowledge management, Serials and Other Continuing Resources; data management

Participe en una serie de dos sesiones en línea con expertos en derechos de autor presentando una visión general sobre la situación en América Latina y el Caribe, los...

Event - 21 October 2014

Tags: América Latina y el Caribe, Bibliotecas, Copyright, Derecho de autor, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries, NPSIG, Webinar, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Participe en una serie de dos sesiones en línea con expertos en derechos de autor presentando una visión general sobre la situación en América Latina y el Caribe, los...

Event - 21 October 2014

Tags: Bibliotecas, Copyright, Derecho de autor, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries, NPSIG, Publicaciones, Sección América Latina y el Caribe, Webinar, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Participe en una serie de dos sesiones en línea con expertos en derechos de autor presentando una visión general sobre la situación en América Latina y el Caribe, los...

Event - 21 October 2014

Tags: Bibliotecarios, Bibliotecas, Copyright, Derecho de autor, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, librarians, Libraries, NSPIG, Sección América Latina y el Caribe, Webinar, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Participe en una serie de dos sesiones en línea con expertos en derechos de autor presentando una visión general sobre la situación en América Latina y el Caribe, los...

Event - 21 October 2014

Tags: América Latina y el Caribe, Bibliotecas, Copyright, Derecho de autor, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries, NPSIG, Webinar, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Participe en una serie de dos sesiones en línea con expertos en derechos de autor presentando una visión general sobre la situación en América Latina y el Caribe, los...

Event - 21 October 2014

Tags: Bibliotecas, Copyright, Derecho de autor, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, NPSIG, Sección América Latina y el Caribe, Webinar, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Participate in an online series of five sessions (in Portuguese and in Spanish) lead by copyright experts presenting an overview of the situation in Latin America and the Caribbean, recent...

Event - 20 October 2014

Tags: Bibliotecas, Copyright, Derecho de autor, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries, NPSIG, Publicaciones, Sección América Latina y el Caribe, Webinar, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Participate in an online series of five sessions (in Portuguese and in Spanish) lead by copyright experts presenting an overview of the situation in Latin America and the Caribbean, recent...

Event - 20 October 2014

Tags: Bibliotecarios, Bibliotecas, Copyright, Derecho de autor, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, librarians, Libraries, NSPIG, Sección América Latina y el Caribe, Webinar, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Participate in an online series of five sessions (in Portuguese and in Spanish) lead by copyright experts presenting an overview of the situation in Latin America and the Caribbean, recent...

Event - 20 October 2014

Tags: Copyright, Copyright, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean Section, Libraries, NPSIG, Webinar, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Participate in an online series of five sessions (in Portuguese and in Spanish) lead by copyright experts presenting an overview of the situation in Latin America and the Caribbean, recent...

Event - 20 October 2014

Tags: América Latina y el Caribe, Bibliotecas, Copyright, Derecho de autor, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries, NPSIG, Webinar, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Participate in an online series of five sessions (in Portuguese and in Spanish) lead by copyright experts presenting an overview of the situation in Latin America and the Caribbean, recent...

Event - 20 October 2014

Tags: América Latina y el Caribe, Bibliotecas, Copyright, Derecho de autor, LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, Libraries, NPSIG, Webinar, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

The 46th General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation ended last night in Geneva with no agreement on a number of topics, including the future work of the Standing Committee on...

News - 1 October 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, WIPO

Discussions regarding an international copyright instrument for libraries and archives again collapsed inconclusively at the 28th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright & Related...

News - 14 July 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright

Copyright negotiations commence once more in Geneva, Switzerland next week at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), where a proposed international framework supporting copyright...

News - 26 June 2014

Tags: Copyright, Copyright, SCCR, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Last week IFLA participated in EuroDIG 2014: Digital Society at Stake – Europe and the future of the Internet held in Berlin, Germany, from 12 – 13 June. During the EuroDig IFLA...

News - 16 June 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, EuroDig, Germany

The Pan-European dialogue on Internet governance (EuroDIG) is an open platform for informal and inclusive discussion and exchange on public policy issues related to Internet Governance (IG)...

Event - 1 June 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Fulfill the promise of the Innovation Union European Libraries, Archives and Research Institutions need balanced copyright laws More than 90* library, archive and research...

News - 16 May 2014

Tags: Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

European Libraries, Archives and Research Institutions need balanced copyright laws More than 100 library, archive and research institutions from countries across the European Union and...

Publication - 16 May 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

[Media Release] [Additional Quotes]  Discussions by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) broke down in the...

News - 6 May 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Next week discussions regarding an international framework on copyright exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives will recommence once again at the World Intellectual Property...

News - 23 April 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Switzerland, WIPO

Coinciding with today's United Nations’ World Book Day and World Copyright Day, the European Bureau of Library Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA) is rallying the...

News - 23 April 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, World Copyright Day

The 27th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives, limitations and...

Event - 22 April 2014

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Yesterday morning, Thursday 20th March, IFLA together with the Copyright 4 Creativity coalition (C4C) organized a breakfast debate in the EU Parliament to discuss whether existing...

News - 21 March 2014

Tags: Access to information, C4C, Copyright, EU Copyright Consultation, Marrakesh Treaty, Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR), WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

registration (EN+RU) | program plus latest updates: EN / RU We are happy to invite you to IFLAcamp Library Creative Laboratory: “A Hero of Our...

Event - 14 March 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Associations, Collection development, Communications, Communities of practice, Conference, Conferences, Cooperation, Copyright, Cultural heritage, cycling, Development, Digital divide, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Education and training, IFLAcampLab, Information professionals, Information technology, International cooperation, Knowledge society, Library as place, Library collections, Library history, Meetings, Members, Networking, New professionals, NPSIG, Policy, Professional development, Russian Federation, unconference, New Professionals

On 20 March, IFLA and Copyright 4 Creativity (C4C) will be holding a breakfast debate (08.00-09.30) to discuss whether the existing international and EU copyright framework strike the right...

Event - 13 March 2014

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Belgium, Copyright, Event, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Español | العربية Last week the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) submitted a response to the Public Consultation on the Review of EU...

News - 12 March 2014

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

5 March 2014 In September 2013, the European Parliament recognised the need to reform EU copyright rules within its European Parliamentary resolution on “Promoting the European...

Publication - 12 March 2014

Tags: Copyright, data mining, elending, Internet intermediary responsibilities, Linking and browsing, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

for complete details, see: conference website Programme Libraries are engaged with copyright laws and policies and are grappling with the move from public law to the private law of...

Event - 20 February 2014

Tags: Copyright, France, Licensing, Preconference, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The 26th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) closed just before midnight on Friday 20th December, following five days of discussion of copyright...

News - 6 January 2014

Tags: Copyright, SCCR26, Switzerland

Today, on the third day of negotiations at the 26th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) at WIPO headquarters in Geneva, discussions regarding copyright...

News - 18 December 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Switzerland, WIPO

Next week, IFLA will be present at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, to advocate for an international framework supporting copyright exceptions for...

News - 13 December 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, SCCR, Switzerland

IFLA is pleased to announce the publication of a Statement on Libraries and Text and Data Mining. The IFLA Governing Board approved the statement on 4 December 2013. There are vast amounts...

News - 12 December 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright

[WORD] [PDF] As the leading international professional association concerned with information and library services, IFLA represents associations and institutions worldwide that endeavour...

Publication - 12 December 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Statements

Theme: Special Spaces for Special Collections The Library Buildings & Equipment and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Standing Committees together with the Preservation and...

News - 29 November 2013

Tags: Collection development, Conferences, Copyright, Democracy, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Document delivery, Electronic collections, Electronic document delivery, Electronic resources, Guidelines, Information policies, Information technology, Intellectual property, Library Buildings and Equipment

The 26th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives, limitations and...

Event - 31 October 2013

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

A recording of the event which took place 3 October is now available. #newlibgc is a series of free quarterly webinars on issues of interest to new librarians, models of...

Event - 1 October 2013

Tags: Copyright, Webinar, New Professionals

Following two weeks of negotiations in Marrakech, Morocco, Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) formally adopted a ‘Treaty to Improve Access to...

News - 27 June 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Morocco, Services to the visually impaired, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

[WORD] [PDF]  Thank you Mr Chair, On behalf of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, but also on behalf of millions of print-disabled and...

Informational Page - 27 June 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The WIPO Diplomatic Conference to conclude a Treaty to facilitate access to published works by visually impaired persons and persons with print disabilities has now entered its...

News - 25 June 2013

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Morocco, Services to the visually impaired, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Today the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) starts its two week (17th -28th of June) Diplomatic Conference to conclude a Treaty to facilitate access to published works by...

News - 18 June 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Morocco, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Organisations representing library associations, library consortia, and professional librarians in over 150 countries urge WIPO Member States to agree an effective treaty for print disabled people...

News - 11 June 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Organisations representing library associations, library consortia, and professional librarians in over 150 countries urge WIPO Member States to agree an effective treaty for print disabled people...

Informational Page - 11 June 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Services to the visually impaired

IFLA is pleased to announce the first Regional IFLA Conference in the Arab region in cooperation with AFLI (Arab Federation for Libraries and Information) and Qatar Ministry of Culture, Arts...

Event - 28 May 2013

Tags: BSLA, Conference, Copyright, Professional development, Qatar, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The department of Culture, Media and Sport in the UK today published the Sieghart review on E-lending in English public libraries. This government commissioned review states that E-...

News - 27 March 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

In late March, The Economist published an article on the Elending and Public Libraries. Stuart Hamilton, Director of Policy and Advocacy, as well as members of the IFLA Network, such as...

News - 25 March 2013

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, The Economist

中文 Introducción La Organización Mundial de Comercio (OMC) con una membresía creciente de más de 140 países, se encarga de una variedad de...

Informational Page - 28 February 2013

Tags: Copyright, World Trade Organization (WTO), CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

A special session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) took place from 18-22 February 2013 in Geneva to reach consensus on the draft text of an international...

News - 27 February 2013

Tags: CLM, Copyright, SCCR, Switzerland

IFLA is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) which exists to undertake, support and co-ordinate research and studies, and disseminate information about all aspects of library and...

Informational Page - 3 December 2012

Tags: Copyright, Digital resources, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

La IFLA es una organización internacional no gubernamental (ONG) que existe para emprender, apoyar y coordinar investigaciones y estudios, y difundir información sobre todos los...

Informational Page - 3 December 2012

Tags: Copyright, Digital resources, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA ist eine internationale Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGO), zu deren Aufgaben es gehört, Forschungs- und Studienprojekte durchzuführen, zu unterstützen und zu koordinieren,...

Informational Page - 3 December 2012

Tags: Copyright, Digital resources, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Updated news items concerning SCCR25 can be found: Copyright Limitations and Exceptions pages.

Event - 22 November 2012

Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Freedom of information, Intellectual property, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA Secretary General Jennefer Nicholson (centre) with conference delegates; photo by Jacinta Were A short report on recent IFLA activities in Nairobi, Kenya Earlier...

News - 22 May 2012

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Kenya, Literacy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

As part of its work on the 2011-2012 Key Initiatives, the IFLA Governing Board appointed a working group to draft a background paper on digital lending. At its April meeting the IFLA Governing...

News - 11 May 2012

Tags: Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

As part of its work on the 2011-2012 Key Initiatives, the IFLA Governing Board appointed a working group to draft a background paper on digital lending. At its April meeting the IFLA Governing...

Publication - 11 May 2012

Tags: Copyright, Digital resources, Digitisation, Electronic resources, Intellectual property, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

The programme for this day will be divided into two separate events. Index or Footnote? How to ensure that libraries power the information society The first event in the morning will focus...

Event - 3 May 2012

Tags: Belgium, Copyright, Event

Find the world’s wealth and wisdom through books To promote books, reading, and the stimulation of creativity through copyright - this is why we celebrate World Book and Copyright Day...

News - 23 April 2012

Tags: Copyright, Literacy, UNESCO, World Book and Copyright Day

Libraries are dealing with an increasing number of works where the copyright owners cannot be identified and located to consider the library’s request for uses of the work which require the...

Publication - 23 March 2012

Tags: Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

Legal deposit is critical for the preservation of and access to a nation’s documentary heritage.  Publishers and libraries work together to ensure the worldwide success of legal deposit...

Publication - 23 March 2012

Tags: Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

Background The issue of traditional cultural expressions, folklore and traditional knowledge is being considered within the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)...

Publication - 23 March 2012

Tags: Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

IFLA WLIC 11-16 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland Copyright laws have been established in many countries in the print age and have not been updated to meet the new needs of the digital era....

News - 19 December 2011

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Information policies, Intellectual property, Policy, Audiovisual and Multimedia

The 23rd session of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) ended on 2nd December 2011. IFLA welcomes the significant progress...

Informational Page - 5 December 2011

Tags: Copyright, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

français Following the endorsement of IFLA's Statement on Open Access by the Governing Board, April 18th 2011—and the subsequent approval from the Governing Board during the WLIC in...

News - 11 October 2011

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Open access

The 23rd meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will have in depth discussions on limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives. More...

Event - 13 September 2011

Tags: Copyright, Meeting, Switzerland, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Just off the press as Nr 153 in the IFLA Publications Series Read all about it: Open Access to STM Information Trends, Models and Strategies for Libraries 

News - 22 July 2011

Tags: Copyright, Open access

This book contains a plethora of different viewpoints and research results from all over the world, bringing them together to provide a global perspective on the various issues that comprise...

Publication - 22 July 2011

Tags: Copyright, Open access, Publications

Significant progress was made on exceptions and limitations for persons with print and other reading disabilities at the 22nd session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights...

News - 1 July 2011

Tags: Copyright, Exceptions and limitations, Print disabilities, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

The Main Library of The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, in association with IFLA Africa Section, is sponsoring an IFLA satellite meeting which will be held in Barbados at the...

Event - 24 June 2011

Tags: Advocacy, Barbados, Copyright, Open access, Satellite Meeting, Africa

In conjunction with the WIPO-SCCR meeting in Geneva, IFLA co-hosted a reception with the World Intellectual Property Association (WIPO) on Tuesday 21st June 2011. Representatives from WIPO...

News - 24 June 2011

Tags: Copyright, Exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

At the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva, Winston Tabb, Chair of IFLA's CLM Committee, made a statement on the proposed consensus instrument that has been produced during negotiations on copyright...

News - 22 June 2011

Tags: Copyright, Exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

After wide consultation with librarians, representatives of Member States and other knowledgeable individuals, IFLA's working group has developed a "Treaty on Copyright Exceptions and...

News - 14 April 2011

Tags: Announcement, Copyright, Exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

News - 4 April 2011

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Announcement, Copyright, Netherlands, Open access

News - 11 February 2011

Tags: Access to knowledge, Announcement, Copyright, Open access

Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge: Action for Europe Date 14 - 15 April 2011 Location Koninklijke Bibliotheek National Library of...

IFLA Group or Activity - 26 January 2011

Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Netherlands, Open access

Stuart Hamilton, IFLA Senior Policy Advisor  At the end of 2010 IFLA, in association with the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO), the International...

News - 10 January 2011

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Cultural heritage, Japan, Reading, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

  Deutsch IFLA SCCR 21 Press Release [doc] IFLA SCCR 21 Press release [pdf] The 21st Session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation Standing...

News - 19 November 2010

Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Press Release, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA CLM Chair Winston Tabb confers at WIPO with (right to left): Chris Friend (World Blind Union), Teresa Hackett (Electronic Information for Libraries) and Luis Villaroel (Corporation...

News - 15 November 2010

Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA is pleased to announce that a symposium "Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age: Copyright as a means to foster creativity and access" will take place in Tokyo...

News - 27 October 2010

Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Cherry blossoms in Osaka, Japan; image courtesy of pelican IFLA is pleased to announce that a symposium "Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age: Copyright...

Event - 20 September 2010

Tags: Advocacy, Conference, Copyright, Freedom to read, Intellectual property, Literacy, Reading, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Conference Session 96 Law Libraries, Government Libraries and Government Information and Official Publications 12 August 2010 13:45 - 15:45 Creating an international legal...

News - 4 August 2010

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Democracy, Document delivery, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Information policies, Intellectual property, Open access, Policy, Law Libraries

Geneva, Switzerland 21-24 June 2010  WIPO Room A; image courtesy of Jim Fruchterman The World Intellectual Property Organization's 20th Session of the Standing Committee on...

News - 29 June 2010

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Policy

français Copyright for Creativity launch video    "In many countries, copyright law, through exceptions and limitations, has long supported the essential...

News - 6 May 2010

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Announcement, Copyright, Europe, Exceptions and limitations, Open access, Preservation

français | Русский June 2007 Increasing attention has been given in recent years to works of which the copyright owner cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes...

Publication - 2 March 2010

Tags: Copyright, Orphan works, IFLA/IPA Steering Group, Statements

Geneva, Switzerland December 14-18, 2009 From the floor with Barbara Stratton (IFLA) and Janice Pilch (LCA) on 15 December [first & second from the left] The World Intellectual...

News - 13 January 2010

Tags: Audiovisual and multimedia resources, Copyright, Intellectual property, Services to the visually impaired, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

français Background In 2002, Google began digitizing approximately seven million books at its own expense through partnerships with libraries, publishers, and authors. The database Google...

News - 4 December 2009

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Google Book Settlement, Intellectual property, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Just as in previous years, IFLA had a presence at this year's Frankfurt Bookfair which was held this past October.   On 13 October a one-day conference was held on the theme...

News - 24 November 2009

Tags: Announcement, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Copyright, Germany, Literacy, Reading

What has happened to reading in the age of the Internet? Will the digital age put an end to the culture of reading and books that has been nurtured over centuries? In association with the...

Event - 15 September 2009

Tags: Conference, Copyright, Germany, Literacy, Reading, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Frankfurt Book Fair, October 13th What has happened to reading in the age of the Internet? Will the digital age put an end to the culture of reading and books that has been nurtured over...

News - 14 September 2009

Tags: Copyright, Digital resources, Germany, Literacy, Reading, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

On Monday 7th September IFLA participated in a hearing in Brussels on the Google Book Settlement organised by the European Commission. IFLA, along with EBLIDA and LIBER, and other library...

News - 10 September 2009

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Announcement, Copyright, Digitisation, Google Book Settlement, Intellectual property, Statement, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

Read about changes in national copyright legislation, lobby & educational activities, law cases, and strategic plans for the future: Country reports 2008  Australia...

News - 24 June 2009

Tags: Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA, alongside the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) and Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) will attend SCCR 18. For more information see:  http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details....

Event - 28 April 2009

Tags: Copyright, Meeting, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA, in cooperation with eIFL and LCA, has delivered a statement at the third session of The WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property taking place now in Geneva. In the statement...

News - 28 April 2009

Tags: Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

CLM was created to advise IFLA and represents the voice of the international library community in copyright and other legal concerns. Further CLM is active in issues relating to...

Informational Page - 31 March 2009

Tags: Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

CLM focuses its energies on areas of copyright where it can have the greatest impact, and where threats to libraries’ ability to preserve a balance between user and owner rights are most...

Informational Page - 31 March 2009

Tags: Copyright, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)

IFLA welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commission's Green Paper on Copyright in the Knowledge Economy (COM(2008) 466/3). IFLA has long been campaigning for fair and balanced...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Copyright, European Commission, Green Paper, Knowledge society, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

English | 中文 | français | Polski | Slovenčina The IFLA position on the Geneva Declaration on the Future of WIPO September 28, 2004 The International...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Freedom of expression, Intellectual property, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

Русский | Polski Introduction The worldwide marketplace for all types of electronic information resources is rapidly being developed as publishers and vendors who create...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Contracts, Copyright, Licences, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

Further information on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives. Revised after IFLA Buenos Aires 2004 Summary The International Federation of...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Copyright, TRIPS, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

Русский | Polski Introducción El mercado mundial para todos los tipos de recursos de información electrónica se está desarrollando rá...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Contracts, Copyright, Licences, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements

Русский | Polski Einführung Der globale Markt für alle Formen elektronischer Informationsressourcen befindet sich in einer Zeit, in der Verleger und Zulieferer...

Publication - 31 March 2009

Tags: Contracts, Copyright, Licences, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements