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IFLA-EIFL-CLA Statement on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives at SCCR 25

During the plenary discussion on the afternoon of Thursday 25th November at the 25th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in Geneva, the Chair of IFLA's Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM) Committee made the following intervention on behalf of IFLA, Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) and the Canadian Library Association (CLA):

Continued… | 22 November 2012 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Advocacy, Switzerland, SCCR25, WIPO, Access to information

IFLA, EIFL, ICA and German Library Association Statement on a Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR 25

Today IFLA, together with Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL), the International Council on Archives (ICA) and the German Library Associations gave a statement on a Treaty for the Visually Impaired.

Continued… | 21 November 2012 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Switzerland, SCCR25, WIPO, Access to information, Visually impaired, Print disabilities

Start of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 25 (SCCR25) - 19th November 2012

The 25th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) started today, Monday 19th November, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Continued… | 19 November 2012 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Switzerland

IFLA Statement on Visually Impaired and Print Disabled Persons

On Friday 20th July library delegation leader Winston Tabb delivered the following statement on behalf of IFLA ...

Continued… | 23 July 2012 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Access to information, Visually impaired, Print disabilities, eIFL

IFLA and other library organisations express concern about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)

Between July 2-10 in San Diego, United States, negotiators from nine countries are meeting in to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).

Continued… | 4 July 2012 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), Intellectual property

IFLA and EBLIDA Urge MEPs to Reject ACTA

Ahead of a key vote by the European Parliament on Wednesday 4th July, IFLA, along with the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA), has today issued a statement calling on MEPs to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

Continued… | 2 July 2012 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), EBLIDA, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ACTA

IFLA participates in ‘Making Copyright Work for Libraries and Consumers’

MEP Marietje Schaake A one day Copyright for Creativity workshop at the European Parliament Library, Brussels

Continued… | 4 June 2012 | 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 confernece delegates A short report on recent IFLA activities in Nairobi, Kenya. Earlier this month IFLA representatives traveled to Kenya to participate in a two-day conference to discuss how to come together to encourage reading in the digital age.

Continued… | 22 May 2012 | CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Access to knowledge, Copyright, Literacy, Kenya

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