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Copyright Week: Fair Use protection in recent US Supreme Court cases
This week is the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)’s Copyright Week. Watch IFLA’s Policy and Advocacy blog for posts on the rights libraries and their users have under copyright right law. Recently we shared a post on Monday’s theme, the Public Domain. Today: Fair Use. Fair use triumphs over proprietarianism. Consumers benefit from competition and advances in technology – […]
Read moreJoining the Fight Against the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property
On 14 November every year, the International Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property stands as a reminder that theft, looting and illicit trafficking threaten the ongoing preservation of and access to the world’s cultural heritage. In the words of Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO: On this International Day, UNESCO therefore calls upon everyone […]
Read morePreservation and Conservation Across Borders: 2021 Look-ahead
Despite the challenges the world faced in 2020, IFLA’s Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centres continued to carry out their mission of preserving and providing access to library and archive materials – all with an emphasis on international cooperation. Click here for highlights from the past year. Although the COVID-19 pandemic and its related hardships continue […]
Read morePreservation and Conservation (PAC) Centres in Acton: Highlights from 2019-2020
Hosted in libraries around the world, IFLA’s Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centres are hubs of knowledge on the preservation and conservation of library and archive materials. Throughout the year, these Centres carry out work both internationally and within their regions to advance professional practice, facilitate knowledge-sharing, and provide training opportunities. Through their work, the global […]
Read more23 recommendations on creators’ rights: What are the issues and impacts and how can libraries continue supporting them?
Lionel Maurel, librarian and lawyer in France, works at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) on open science. For many years, he has been defending the interests of libraries on his blog S.I.LEX by offering legal analysis to librarians concerning e-lending, copyright reforms and the public domain. This article presents his reflections from […]
Read moreStorytelling in Difficult Times: accessing the past during a pandemic
Sometimes it feels as though we are living in unprecedented times. We live in a globalised world that is rife with global problems – instability, conflict and inequalities that seem unsurpassable. And now, a pandemic that is leaving a wake of lost lives, unemployment and overstretched medical services as it runs its course around the […]
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