Content tagged Copyright
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- World Intellectual Property Day: Libraries Mean Business (Webinar)
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 joins organisations globally in calling for COVID TRIPS waiver to facilitate research, education and cultural participation
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)
- IFLA looking ahead on Copyright
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)
- An Electronic Content Crisis: Interview with the Library Association of Ireland
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)
- IFLA continues raising awareness around library needs at WIPO
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)
- Looking ahead to the 40th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
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)
- 40th Sesssion of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
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)
- 3rd WIPO Conversation on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property
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)
- Copyright Education: Reviewing Practices Globally
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)
- IFLA responds to the International Science Council Survey on Science and Global Sustainability
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
- Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest
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)
- Access to Information for African Development: 10 Principles for the African Continental Free Trade Area
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
- IFLA responds to the Orphan Works Survey
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)
- Coming next week: WIPO General Assembly
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
- 61st Series of Meetings of the WIPO Assemblies
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)
- Users’ Rights Cannot be Collateral Damage: IFLA Submits Comments on European Commission Guidance on Upload Filter Provisions of Copyright Directive
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)
- WIPO Conference on the Global Digital Content Market
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)
- Still Time to Act: IFLA Calls for Rapid Finalisation of Copyright Reforms in South Africa
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 Takes Part in 2nd WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence
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)
- Restore Balance, Protect Freedoms: Copyright Reforms in Mexico Need Rethinking
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)
- A Damaging Delay: Libraries and Users in South Africa Forced to Wait Longer for Overdue Reforms
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)
- Copyright Reader Working Group
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)
- Anniversary of the EU-DSM directive!
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)
- IFLA Responds to UN Consultation on Cultural Rights and Climate Change
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
- Leading library, archives, and museum organisations call on WIPO to help safeguard cultural heritage
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)
- Heritage cannot wait in the face of climate change: IFLA welcomes signatures to open letter on World IP Day
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)
- IFLA Leads Open Letter on Intellectual Property and COVID-19
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)
- Hard Choices: Libraries Face Major Challenges in Meeting Reader eLending Demand
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)
- WIPO Nominates Daren Tang as New Director General
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 Submits Comments on WIPO Artificial Intelligence Issues Paper
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)
- IFLA Submission on WIPO Artificial Intelligence Issues Paper
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)
- 6th Stakeholder Dialogue on the Implementation of Article 17 of the Copyright Directive
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)
- 5th Stakeholder Dialogue on the Implementation of Article 17 of the Copyright Directive
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)
- What They Said at SCCR 39
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)
- Another step towards Open Educational Resources thanks to UNESCO's recommendation
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)
- 3 reasons why libraries should care about the EU-Digital Single Market Directive
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)
- IFLA continues efforts in WIPO: a brief on NGO's Meeting with Director-General Francis Gurry
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)
- Video recording of the 16th IFLA ILDS conference: Beyond the paywall - Resource sharing in a disruptive ecosystem. Held at the National Library of Technology in Prague, Czech Republic, October 9-11, 2019.
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
- European Copyright Directive Implementation Advances: How Can You Get Involved?
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)
- Proceedings of the 16th IFLA ILDS conference: Beyond the paywall - Resource sharing in a disruptive ecosystem : held at the National Library of Technology in Prague, Czech Republic, October 9-11, 2019
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
- The 39th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at WIPO
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
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 39 (SCCR/39)
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
- IFLA at the International Conference on Exceptions and Limitations at WIPO
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
- An Alternative Route: Cooperation Leads to Better Conditions for Australian Libraries
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)
- Promoting Access to Knowledge and Information: WIPO Members Affirm Role in Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals
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)
- WIPO General Assembly
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)
- حان وقت العمل: الحاجة الى اتخاذ إجراءات دولية بشأن الاستثناءات والقيود على حقوق الطبع والنشر للمكتبات
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)
- Время действовать: требуются международные усилия для регулирования исключений и ограничений в авторском праве для библиотек
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)
- 时不我待:在图书馆版权限制与例外这一问题上,需要采取国际行动
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)
- Zeit zum Handeln: Internationaler Handlungsbedarf bei Ausnahmen und Schranken des Urheberrechts für Bibliotheken
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)
- Es el Momento de Actuar: Se Necesita la Acción Internacional en las Excepciones y Limitaciones de los Derechos de Autor para las Bibliotecas
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)
- Il est temps d’agir : les exceptions et limitations au droit d’auteur en bibliothèque exigent des mesures internationales
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)
- Time to Act: International Action Needed on Exceptions and Limitations to Copyright for Libraries
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)
- More Countries Join Marrakesh: Update of the Marrakesh Monitoring Report
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)
- Outcomes of the second WIPO regional seminar: #Copyright4Libraries in the African Region
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)
- European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market: what it is about and why libraries should care
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)
- WIPO Action Plans on Exceptions and Limitations
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)
- Webinar de la IFLA sobre la reunión regional de la OMPI para América Latina y el Caribe
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
- IFLA webinar on the WIPO Latin America and the Caribbean regional meeting
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
- Access to Information Online: Towards an Adequate Transposition of Art. 17 in Europe
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)
- Webinaire de l'IFLA sur la réunion régionale africaine de l'OMPI
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
- IFLA webinar on the WIPO African regional meeting
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
- Creative Commons Global Summit 2019
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)
- Best Practice for Establishing a Public Lending Right System that Supports Authors and Libraries and Enables Literacy and Learning (Annex to the 2016 IFLA Position on Public Lending Right)
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)
- Spain’s Recent Copyright Reform: an Interview with the Chair of the Library Association’s Copyright Group
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
- Traditional Knowledge and Copyright: An Interview with Wend Wendland, Director of the WIPO Traditional Knowledge Division
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
- Press Release on the Adoption of the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
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
- Adoption of the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
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)
- Availability, License Terms and Pricing of eBooks: an Interview with Rebecca Giblin
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)
- Global Discussions on Exceptions and Limitations to Copyright for Libraries Continue
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)
- IFLA Releases Statement on Open Access in Intergovernmental Organisations
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 Statement on Open Access in Intergovernmental Organisations (2019)
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
- Global discussions around copyright continue next week in Geneva
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)
- Roundtable Discussion on the 38th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
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)
- IFLA webinar on the WIPO Asia-Pacific regional meeting
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
- IFLA Brief on Open Educational Resources
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 Brief on Open Educational Resources
To celebrate Open Education Week 2019, IFLA releases a brief on open educational resources (OER). It underlines the role that librarians can play in creating, curating and ensuring access to...
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)
- WIPO goes to the regions: #Copyright4Libraries in Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean
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)
- WIPO international conference on limitations and exceptions to copyright
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)
- Séminaire régional de l'OMPI pour l'Afrique
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)
- Seminario regional de la OMPI en América Latina y el Caribe
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)
- Webinar de la IFLA sobre la reunión regional de la OMPI para América Latina y el Caribe (en español)
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)
- Webinaire de l'IFLA sur la réunion régionale africaine de l'OMPI (en français)
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)
- IFLA webinar on the WIPO Latin America and the Caribbean regional meeting (in English)
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)
- IFLA webinar on the WIPO Latin America and the Caribbean regional meeting (in Spanish)
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)
- IFLA webinar on the WIPO African regional meeting (in French)
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)
- IFLA webinar on the WIPO African regional meeting (in English)
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)
- IFLA webinar on the WIPO Asia-Pacific regional meeting
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)
- WIPO Latin America and the Caribbean regional seminar
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)
- WIPO Africa regional seminar
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)
- WIPO Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar
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)
- Mixed Messages – Provisional Deal on Draft EU Copyright Directive Retains Key Flaws
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)
- CLM Midterm meeting, 2019
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)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 38 (SCCR/38)
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)
- Expert Group on Information Law (EGIL) meeting
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)
- Publishing in the Arab World
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)
- IFLA joins the call for deletion of articles 11 and 13 in the EU copyright reform
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)
- Bringing the Marrakesh Treaty closer to practice: IFLA releases new monitoring report
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
- Controlled Digital Lending: an Interview with Jonathan Band
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)
- IFLA and IPA face the challenge of Libraries, Copyright and the Electronic Environment (1996)
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
- Publishers and librarians promote common principles on copyright in the electronic environment (2001)
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
- IFLA and EBLIDA Statement on ACTA and the Importance of Multilateral Multi-stakeholder IP Policy Formation (2010)
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
- IFLA Position on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (2010)
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
- Brussels Declaration on Trade and the Internet for international trading systems reform (2016)
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 Can Lead the Way: IFLA Delivers Submission on Copyright Reform
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)
- Is Malawi’s accession to the Marrakesh Treaty effectively addressing the book famine? (2017)
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
- European copyright reform: resources
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
- 16th ILDS (Interlending and Document Supply) Conference
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
- Quotes from Member States at the 37th meeting of WIPO's SCCR
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)
- Work continues at the World Intellectual Property Organization: a week of #Copyright4Libraries
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)
- Tearing down myths around the South African Copyright Amendment Bill
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)
- Prochaine réunion sur le droit d'auteur à l'organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle : impliquez-vous !
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)
- Próxima reunión del comité de derechos de autor de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual: ¡participa!
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)
- Next Copyright meeting at the World Intellectual Property Organisation: get involved!
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)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 37 (SCCR/37)
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 2018
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)
- Deal on eLending in the Netherlands: Interview with the Dutch Public Library Association
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)
- IFLA celebrates open access week 2018
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)
- Marrakesh provisions in force in the European Union and much more!
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)
- Copyright in Canada: IFLA submits comments on the review of the Copyright Act
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)
- Are We Ready for Extended Collective Licensing? Initial Data from IFLA Survey of Collecting Society Coverage
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)
- Copyright, Access and the SDGs: IFLA at the WIPO General Assembly
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)
- Working Together for Legislative Change: IFLA Engages at Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
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)
- World Intellectual Property Organisation General Assembly
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)
- Provide Access, Protect Rights, Promote Development – IFLA at WIPO General Assembly 2018
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 - International Book Fair for the Spanish-language book sector
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)
- 5th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
"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)
- The European Parliament’s position on the Digital Single Market Directive. What’s in there for libraries?
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 European Parliament Votes on Copyright Reform: Giving and Taking Away
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)
- Better Laws, Better Practices: IFLA Active for Libraries on Copyright
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)
- Make the Right Choice, Send the Right Message: IFLA Urges MEPs to Support Libraries in Copyright Reform
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)
- Ускорение доступа: ИФЛА выпускает Заявление о грамотности в области авторского права
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)
- Creative Commons Update: IFLA WLIC
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)
- :إسراع عملية الإتاحة: الإفلا تُصدر بيانًا بشأن محو أمية حقوق الطبع والنشر
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)
- Getting Started: New IFLA Guide on Making the Marrakesh Treaty Real
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)
- Accelerating Access: IFLA Releases Statement on Copyright Literacy
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)
- Aumentar el Acceso: La IFLA Publica la Declaración sobre Alfabetización en Derechos de Autor
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)
- Accélérer l’accès : l’IFLA publie un communiqué sur la documentation concernant la culture du droit d'auteur
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)
- 加速访问: 国际图联发布关于版权素养的声明
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)
- Zugang beschleunigen: die IFLA veröffentlicht ein Statement zur Urheberrechtskompetenz
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)
- Getting Started with the Marrakesh Treaty - a Guide for Librarians
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
- CLM Business meeting 2 (WLIC)
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)
- CLM Business meeting 1 (WLIC)
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)
- Session 140, To Have and not to Hold: The End of Ownership - CLM and FAIFE Advisory Committees
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)
- Session 186, Challenges to copyright in the 21st century - CLM Advisory Committee
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)
- Session 217, What's Up with eLending? - eLending Working Party with Public Libraries
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)
- Background Paper on Extended Collective Licensing
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)
- Licensing as a solution to rights management? IFLA publishes extended collective licensing background paper
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)
- IFLA's comments on the Australian Copyright Modernisation Review
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
- New Opportunities: European Parliament Opens Way to Plenary Debate about EU Copyright Directive
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)
- A Bright Future for Libraries in Australia’s Copyright Modernisation Review
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 and Its Implications for Freedom of Expression
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)
- The Limits of Licensing: A Literature Review (Infographic)
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
- Sunshine and Clouds: The European Parliament Takes Position on the Copyright Directive
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)
- Quotes from Member States at the 36th meeting of WIPO's SCCR
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)
- Update on the status of transposition of the Marrakesh Directive in Europe on 14 June 2018
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)
- On Track or Off the Rails? IFLA publishes an update current status of transposition of the Marrakesh Directive in Europe
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)
- Action for Libraries at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (SCCR/36)
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)
- IFLA's Response to UNESCO Consultation on Open Educational Resources
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
- IFLA Responds to Consultation on Open Educational Resources
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)
- Towards Action: IFLA Returns to Geneva for the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
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)
- 36th Meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
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)
- Delivering Information for All: #1Lib1Ref Returns for a Second Time in 2018
#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)
- Declaración del Secretario General de la IFLA en la reforma mexicana de derechos de autor
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
- IFLA Secretary General's Statement on the Mexican copyright reform (2018)
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
- Declaración del Secretario General de la IFLA en la reforma mexicana de derechos de autor
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)
- IFLA Secretary General's Statement on the Mexican copyright reform
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)
- Découvrir l'OMPI
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)
- Descubrir la OMPI
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)
- Get Into WIPO Guide
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)
- Pour la Journée Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle 2018, découvrez l'OMPI!
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)
- Para el Día Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual 2018, ¡descubra la OMPI!
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)
- For World Intellectual Property Day 2018, get into WIPO!
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 Knowledge Community Mobilises for Access to Knowledge
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)
- Copyright Matters for School Libraries
Publication - 23 April 2018
Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Infographics, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Copyright Matters for Public Libraries
Publication - 23 April 2018
Tags: Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, eLending, eLending for Libraries, Infographics, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Guardians, Partners, Promotors: Libraries at the Creative Commons Global Summit 2018
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)
- Comments by IFLA to the Colombian Bill 206-2018 (copyright reform)
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)
- IFLA sends comments to the Senate of the Republic of Colombia on the copyright reform
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)
- La IFLA envía comentarios al Senado de la República de Colombia para la reforma de derechos de autor
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)
- Comentarios de la IFLA al Proyecto de Ley 206-2018 de Colombia (reforma de derechos de autor)
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)
- Creative Commons Global Summit 2018
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)
- Aiming High: IFLA Initial Submission to WIPO Consultation on Collective Management
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)
- Giving Access in the Arab World: IFLA Speaks at Dubai Workshop on the Marrakesh Treaty
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
- United States Moves towards Marrakesh Ratification
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)
- Press Release: Supporting Quality Information: Libraries and Publishers Dialogue (2018)
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
- European copyright reform: where do we stand?
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)
- European copyright reform: Performing for Libraries?
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)
- Culture, Cohesion and Connectivity: IFLA Calls on EU to Support Libraries’ Work
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)
- Seminar on Implementing the Marrakesh Treaty
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
- Heritage, Copyright and Libraries in Europe
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)
- Libraries Must Change their Mindset: IFLA President Interview with Livres Hebdo
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
- Comments by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) to the Content Regulation in the Digital Age 2018 Human Rights Council Report
The submission is available here.
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)
- Librarians ask for a better copyright for education
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
- IFLA Briefing: Books in Blockchains
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
- Reforma colombiana del derecho de autor: la IFLA envía una carta abierta a la Ministra de Comercio, Industria y Turismo
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)
- Copyright reform in Colombia: IFLA sends an open letter to the Colombian Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
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)
- Trade Deals Should Favour, not Restrict, Access to Knowledge
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)
- Inaction is not an Option: Case Builds for Meaningful Action for Libraries at the World Intellectual Property Organisation
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)
- Reform Copyright, Drive Development: IFLA Speaks for Libraries in Geneva
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)
- Keep Open Access Open: IFLA signs on to open letter
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)
- The Limits of Licensing: A Literature Review
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
- The Limits of Licensing: A Literature Review (Executive Summary)
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
- Copyright and Other Legal Matters at the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC)
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
- IFLA Statement on Technological Protection Measures, and the Proposed Integration of Encrypted Media Extensions into the HTML Standard (16 July 2017)
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
- In Copyright, Everyone’s Rights Must be Protected: IFLA calls for Reconsideration of W3C Decision on Extended Media Extensions
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)
- Open Letter to Ministers at the European Union's Competitiveness Council
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)
- IFLA advocates globally for a better legal framework for libraries at the 34th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)
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)
- Libraries and Creative Commons: Realising the Potential to Achieve Shared Goals
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)
- World Intellectual Property Day, 26 April 2017 – Innovation, Improving Lives
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)
- Support Builds for Libraries in Europe
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)
- Libraries, Copyright and Communities
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, Copyright and Innovation
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)
- Give Access, Don’t Take it Away – Libraries Take Position on EU Marrakesh Ratification
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 Promotes Library and User Interests at WIPO
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)
- Continuing the Fight for Access to Knowledge – IFLA Returns to Geneva
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)
- Literacy and a Love of Reading Boosted by European Judges’ eBook Decision
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)
- Libraries, Copyright and Innovation at Mozilla Festival
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)
- Library Voices at the European Parliament - IFLA Supports Generation Code: Born at the Library
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)
- Effective Libraries Central to Sustainable Access to Information: IFLA Participates in CopyCamp 2016
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)
- From Marrakesh to Buenos Aires: IFLA Highlights Key Role of Libraries in Providing Books for the Blind
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)
- IFLA Calls for Copyright Reforms to Support Libraries in Colombia
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)
- A Better Deal for Libraries and their Users: IFLA Addresses World Intellectual Property Meeting
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)
- Treaty of Marrakesh: (Mainly) Good Omens from Europe?
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)
- European Copyright Proposals: Libraries and Cultural Heritage Institutions Respond
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)
- IFLA Signs Joint Letter on EU Copyright Reform
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)
- WTO Public Forum 2016
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)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 33 (SCCR 33)
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)
- Motores del cambio – libro electrónico ya disponible
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)
- Drivers of Change – eBook Now Available
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! Libraries and National Copyright Reform Initiatives
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)
- Treaty of Marrakesh – Implementation Picking up Pace in Africa
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 Welcomes Proposed New WIPO Deputy Director General
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)
- Help Us to Help You: Reforms Necessary for European Libraries to Do Their Jobs
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)
- Be Open to Open Science – Libraries Call on All Stakeholders to Play a Constructive Role
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)
- Libraries and Archives Are Embracing Digital: It’s Time the Law Did the Same
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)
- Keeping up the Pressure in Geneva – A Report from WIPO
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)
- Swedish Library Association's Expert Network for Libraries and Copyright
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)
- 45th LIBER Annual Conference
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)
- Partners for Accessibility – IFLA and Latin American Blind Union sign Memorandum of Understanding
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)
- From the Small Print to the Headlines: IFLA Engages for International Copyright Reform at WIPO
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)
- EBLIDA Expert Group on Information Law Spring Meeting
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)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 32 (SCCR32)
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, Copyright and Creativity
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)
- Libraries are fighting for public, not commercial interests - a response to comments at the International Publishers' Congress 2016
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)
- Reform Copyright without Curtailing Internet Freedoms: IFLA Co-signs Open Letter to European Commission
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)
- Copyright Matters: Copyright and Legal Matters Committee to Discuss Libraries and National Copyright Reform Initiatives at WLIC 2016
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)
- IFLA co-signs Brussels Declaration on Trade and the Internet for international trading systems reform
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)
- Cross-border collaboration emphasized at WIPO SCCR 31
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
- EBLIDA and IFLA comment on the European Commission’s Communication on modernising EU copyright rules
[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)
- IFLA joins coalition to demand better regulation principles in EU copyright review process
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)
- Declaration “Motores para el cambio: Primer Encuentro Iberoamericano sobre Derecho de Autor y Tratado de Marrakech”
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)
- Declaración “Motores para el cambio: Primer Encuentro Iberoamericano sobre Derecho de Autor y Tratado de Marrakech”
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)
- Motores para el Cambio: Primer Encuentro Iberoamericano Sobre Derecho de Autor y Tratado de Marrakech
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)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 31 (SCCR31)
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)
- WIPO General Assembly: Forty-Seventh Session
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 concerned by extension of copyright terms
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
- Licensing not the answer: IFLA seeks minimum exceptions at WIPO SCCR
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
- IFLA at EuroDIG 2015
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
- IFLA co-signs on Manila Principles to protect freedom of expression
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
- WSIS Forum 2015: Continue to prioritize ICTs for Sustainable Development
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
- EuroDIG 2015
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)
- IFLA signs The Hague Declaration: Immediate reform to IP Laws!
“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
- IFLA critiques licensing solutions at the European Parliament
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)
- Copyright symposium
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
- Global Library and Archives Community welcomes new United Nations report
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)
- Cultural Heritage in a Digital Europe
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
- Research in the big data era: legal, social and technical approaches to large text and data sets
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
- Los derechos de autor y las bibliotecas: por qué es importante manterse informado, 1a. sesión en español
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
- Los derechos de autor y las bibliotecas: por qué es importante manterse informado, 3a. sesión en portugués
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
- Los derechos de autor y las bibliotecas: por qué es importante manterse informado, 2a. sesión en portugués
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
- Los derechos de autor y las bibliotecas: por qué es importante manterse informado, 2a. sesión en español
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
- Los derechos de autor y las bibliotecas: por qué es importante manterse informado, 1a. sesión en portugués
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
- Copyright and libraries: why it is important to stay informed, 3rd session in Portuguese
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
- Copyright and libraries: why it is important to stay informed, 2nd session in Portuguese
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
- Copyright and libraries: why it is important to stay informed, 1st session in Portuguese
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
- Copyright and libraries: why it is important to stay informed, 2nd session in Spanish
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
- Copyright and libraries: why it is important to stay informed, 1st session in Spanish
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
- WIPO General Assembly Fails to Draw any Conclusions on Exceptions and Limitations
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
- Libraries and archives leave international copyright discussions empty handed after countries again fail to reach agreement
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
- Libraries and archives prepare for tense copyright negotiations in Geneva
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)
- IFLA at EuroDIG 2014
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
- EuroDIG 2014
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)
- Libraries and Archives write letter to the European Union
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)
- Fulfill the promise of the Innovation Union (2013)
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
- EU rejects international solution to library and archive copyright problems; causes collapse of WIPO meeting
[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)
- IFLA advocates for copyright treaty for libraries and archives in Geneva
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
- EBLIDA highlights “The Right to e-Read” on World Book and Copyright Day
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
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 27 (SCCR27)
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)
- EU Parliament breakfast discusses the copyright needs of libraries
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)
- IFLAcampLab 2014
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
- IFLA – Copyright 4 Creativity Brussels event
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)
- IFLA submission to EU Copyright Consultation now available online
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)
- Response to Public Consultation on the Review of EU Copyright Rules (2014)
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
- Joint IFLA CLM & EBLIDA Satellite Meeting
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)
- EU favours licensing over copyright reform for libraries in latest international negotiations
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
- International discussions on copyright exceptions for libraries and archives re-commence today
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
- SCCR26 to start next week in Geneva
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 publishes Statement on Libraries and Text and Data Mining
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
- IFLA Statement on Text and Data Mining (2013)
[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
- CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Spaces for Special Collections Lyon 2014
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
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 26 (SCCR26)
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)
- #newlibgc webinar: October 2013
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
- IFLA Welcomes WIPO Treaty for Blind and Print Disabled People
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)
- IFLA closing statement at WIPO Diplomatic Conference
[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)
- Week two at the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Marrakesh
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)
- Start of WIPO Diplomatic Conference to conclude a treaty for the visually impaired
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)
- Joint Library Statement Urges WIPO Member States to Agree an Effective Treaty for Print Disabled People
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)
- Treaty for print disabled people
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
- First Regional IFLA Conference in the Arab region
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)
- E-Lending review in English public libraries
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
- Folding shelves - The Economist publishes article on Elending
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
- La Postura de la IFLA sobre la Organización Mundial de Comercio (2001)
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)
- IFLA attends special session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)
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
- The IFLA Position on Copyright in the Digital Environment
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)
- Postura de la IFLA sobre los Derechos de Autor en un Ambiente Digital
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-Stellungnahme zum Urheberrecht im digitalen Umfeld
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)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 25 (SCCR25)
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)
- ‘Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age: Copyright as a means to foster creativity and access’
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)
- IFLA Releases Background Paper on e-Lending
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)
- Background Paper on e-Lending (2012)
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
- Making Copyright Work for Libraries and Consumers
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
- World Book and Copyright Day
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
- IFLA Statement on Orphan Works (2011)
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
- IFLA Statement on Legal Deposit (2011)
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
- Guiding Principles for IFLA’s position concerning international treaties relating to Traditional Cultural Expressions (2012)
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
- Call for papers: Copyright Law and Legal Deposit for Audiovisual Materials
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
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR): 23rd Session
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)
- IFLA Open Access Taskforce established
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
- WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, 23rd Session
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)
- New IFLA publication: Open Access to STM Information: Trends, Models and Strategies for Libraries
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
- Open Access to STM Information: Trends, Models and Strategies for Libraries
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
- Full report on 22nd Session of WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva
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)
- Africa Section pre-conference satellite meeting
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
- IFLA-WIPO reception well attended
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)
- IFLA welcomes proposed WIPO instrument to increase access to information for persons with reading disabilities
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)
- Just Released: Draft Treaty on Copyright Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives
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)
- Only a few days left to register for the IFLA Presidential Meeting 2011!
News - 4 April 2011
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Announcement, Copyright, Netherlands, Open access
- Registration for the IFLA Presidential Meeting 2011 is now open!
News - 11 February 2011
Tags: Access to knowledge, Announcement, Copyright, Open access
- IFLA Presidential Meeting 2011
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
- Proceedings of the International Symposium on Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age now available!
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)
- “Unprecedented opportunity for libraries and archives” - WIPO to work on library and archive copyright exceptions
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)
- 21 st WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
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)
- International Symposium in Japan
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)
- Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age: Copyright as a Means to Foster Creativity and Access
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)
- Lecture of the Law Libraries Section in Göteborg
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
- 20th Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
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
- IFLA helps launch copyright for creativity declaration
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
- IFLA/IPA Joint Statement on Orphan Works (2007)
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
- 19th Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
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)
- Update on Google Books Statement
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)
- IFLA at the Frankfurt Bookfair, October 2009
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
- Enhancing the culture of reading and books in the digital age
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)
- Enhancing the culture of reading and books in the digital age
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)
- IFLA Statement to the European Commission hearing on the Google Book Settlement
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)
- 2008 Country Reports now available
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)
- 18th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR 18)
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)
- Joint statement at WIPO calls for exceptions and limitations
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)
- Activities
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)
- About the 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)
- A response to The European Commission's Green Paper "Copyright in the Knowledge Economy" (2008)
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
- The IFLA position on the Geneva Declaration on the Future of WIPO (2004)
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
- IFLA Licensing Principles (2001)
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
- Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright and Neighbouring Rights in the Digital Environment: An International Library Perspective (2004)
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
- Principios de las Licencias (2001)
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
- IFLA Lizensierungsrichtlinien (2001)
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