News from Copyright Limitations and Exceptions
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.IFLA Signs Civil Society Statement on Exceptions and Limitations for Education at WIPO meeting
On Wednesday 18th July IFLA, along with seventeen other civil society organisations, signed a statement on copyright exceptions and limitations for educational purposes.WIPO Copyright Committee: 24th meeting opens with discussions on copyright flexibilities
The 24rd meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) opened in Geneva. The 185 WIPO Member States will discuss copyright flexibilities for visually impaired and print disabled people, for libraries and archives and for education and research.IFLA participates in ‘Making Copyright Work for Libraries and Consumers’
A one day Copyright for Creativity workshop at the European Parliament Library, Brussels
‘Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age: Copyright as a means to foster creativity and access’
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.