[bestbits] Libraries and archives from around the world sign letter asking EU to engage constructively in copyright discussions

[Stuart Hamilton]

Dear Colleagues

Apologies for cross-posting. A further development regarding the libraries and copyright issues I have previously posted on. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Stuart


Stuart Hamilton
Director of Policy and Advocacy
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
P.O. Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague
Netherlands

00 31 70 314 0884

Twitter: @ifladpa



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Fulfill the promise of the Innovation Union:  Libraries, Archives and Research Institutions need balanced copyright laws
http://www.ifla.org/node/8621
More than 60 library, archive and research institutions from countries across the European Union and internationally, representing over 650,000 information professionals, have joined together in a letter asking the European Union to engage constructively in text-based discussions at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on copyright exceptions for libraries and archives.  The letter is available here: http://www.ifla.org/node/8619

Organisations from Spain, France, Poland, Italy, Slovakia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, Armenia, Bulgaria, Russia and Sweden, as well as Australia, Canada and Colombia, have joined with European and international library and archive associations highlighting the copyright challenges preventing international research collaboration, preservation of cultural heritage and new forms of innovation.

The signatories of the letter urge the European Union and its Member States to ensure that text-based discussion of an international instrument on copyright exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives continues to be reflected in the mandate of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR), and that the European Union engages constructively in these discussions. At the last meeting of the SCCR, the European Union tried to reverse conclusions that had been previously agreed by all of the world's countries at WIPO.

The discussions at WIPO are important to:


*         Foster a cutting-edge, open international research culture

*         Ensure future researchers have access to Europe's digitized and born-digital heritage; and

*         Make European cultural heritage globally accessible

More information about the 27th meeting of the SCCR can be found here<http://www.ifla.org/node/8600>.

If your organization would like to endorse the letter, email Ellen Broad (ellen.broad at ifla.org<mailto:ellen.broad at ifla.org?subject=EU%20letter>). Please note it may take one day for your organisation's signature to be reflected on the webpage.

Ellen Broad
Manager, Digital Projects and Policy
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
P.O. Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague
Netherlands

Phone: 0031703140884
Twitter: @ellenbroad



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