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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 Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
IFLA is pleased to announce the publication of a Statement on Libraries and Text and Data Mining.
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 treaty on copyright limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons and persons with print disabilities.
UNESCO organized an international conference The Memory of the World in the Digital age: Digitization and Preservation, in September 2012 in Vancouver, Canada.
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IFLA hosted an expert meeting on the subject of e-Lending in libraries.
On Tuesday 11th December the European Parliament endorsed the first ever Digital Freedom Strategy in the European Union’s foreign policy.
EU commissioners met in Brussels on December 5th to discuss possible changes to EU copyright law. IFLA is pleased to note that they agreed to revisit the existing European Union copyright rules and that Commissioners Barnier, Kroes and Vassiliou will now undertake a comprehensive period of stakeholder dialogue during 2013 in order to make a final assessment of any changes needed to European legislation in 2014. IFLA looks forward to engaging in the process.
As the latest rounds of the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement continue in Auckland, New Zealand, IFLA has joined with the Internet Society (ISOC) and other organisations to express concern regarding the transparency and inclusiveness of the negotiating process.
On Friday 20th July library delegation leader Winston Tabb delivered the following statement on behalf of IFLA ...
Between July 2-10 in San Diego, United States, negotiators from nine countries are meeting in to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).
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).
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 Board endorsed this paper, and we are now pleased to present a version for download.
In addition to discussing progress on a treaty to increase access to information for persons...
On Tuesday 21st June 2011 IFLA co-hosted a reception with WIPO...
IFLA Governing Board has appointed Victoria Owen as Winston Tabb's successor.
...clarifying IFLA’s position and strategy
After wide consultation with librarians, representatives of Member States and other knowledgeable individuals, IFLA's working group has developed a Treaty...