(1 May 2014) From today it is possible to reproduce digital content from the NDL website indicated as copyright-expired, without any submission procedure. For more details, please refer to NDL’s English language site policy. Read the announcement here.
(28 March 2014) The UK’s Intellectual Property Office yesterday issued five draft statutory instruments on exceptions to copyright, following the Government’s 2010 review of intellectual property law, Digital Opportunity. The British Library welcomes the new exceptions, which will bring significant benefits for library users across the UK, and will support research, innovation and economic growth.…
(19 March 2014) To equip students and staff members with the essential knowledge of copyright and trademarks, the Knowledge Transfer Office (KTO), Run Run Shaw Library, and City University of Hong Kong Press are co-organizing a half-day training workshop on copyright and trademarks on 11 April 2014. It is the latest in the Intellectual Property…
18 March 2014) The DPLA has submitted an entry to the Knight Foundation’s News Challenge, which asks entrants to answer the question: how can we strengthen the Internet for free expression and innovation? Large-scale collections like the Digital Public Library of America, Europeana, Trove, and DigitalNZ are weakened by a lack of common agreement over…
(13 March 2014) Many common campus activities involve copyright. The Stanford University Libraries has published a Copyright Reminder to ensure that all members of the Stanford community have access to this critical information. The Copyright Reminder highlights common campus copyright concerns, and outlines the fundamental elements of US copyright law that apply in those situations.…
(13 February 2014, modified 14 February 2014) The Australian Law Reform Commission, ALRC, was asked to consider whether the current exceptions and statutory licences in the Copyright Act are adequate and appropriate in the digital era. The Report, tabled on 13 February 2014, is the result of an 18 month Inquiry during which the ALRC produced…
(8 February 2014) The seminar is co-organized by the Customs and Excise Department and Lingnan University’s Fong Sum Wood Library. In this seminar, the Inspectors from the Customs and Excise Department will introduce ways to protect and enforce intellectual property in Hong Kong. The seminar, in English, is on 20 February. Details are here.
LIBER, the Association of European Libraries, has set out its position on European copyright reform through a statement which prioritises three high-level principles. The principles are: Copyright should foster, not hinder, innovation and competitiveness. Access to and use of publicly funded research should not be unduly restricted by copyright. Preservation of, and access to, cultural…
(13 December 2013) The ARL joined 28 other organizations and 71 individuals in a letter opposing a copyright term of life plus 70 years in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). Authors of the letter, sent to TPP negotiators on 6 December, noted, “There is no benefit to society of extending copyright beyond the 50 years…
(21 November 2013) The OurFairDeal coalition has posted on its website an open letter to governments negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, TPP. The Coalition fears that the TPP’s Intellectual Property Rights chapter will harm the open internet and impact negatively on copyright, an issue that affects libraries in particular. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is being…
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