Copyright

10/07/2015

International copyright reform for libraries and archives held back by EU

« Once again, the European Union (EU) has blocked progress by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) towards copyright laws that would aid libraries and archives in fulfilling their missions in an international digital environment.

Jukka Relander,…

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29/06/2015

Study on copyright limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives: updated and revised. prepared by Kenneth D. Crews, J.D., Ph.D (.pdf)

« This report is the third in a series of studies commissioned by the World Intellectual Property Organization on copyright exceptions for libraries and archives,1 each undertaken by Dr. Kenneth D. Crews as principal investigator. This report supersedes in full the data collections presented in the previous two studies…

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30/04/2015

Briefing Report on Text and Data Mining and the Need for a Science-friendly EU Copyright Reform (April 2015)

« This Briefing Paper has been prepared by Science Europe’s Working Group on Research Data. Text and Data Mining (TDM) aims to analyse and extract new insights and knowledge from vast amount of digitally-available content. It represents a great potential for research itself (e.g. accelerating research processes) but also…

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12/03/2015

Fair Use Week 2015 Highlights

« On February 23–27, 64 organizations and institutions participated in Fair Use Week 2015, an annual celebration of the important (and flexible) doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. Participants included universities, libraries, library associations, and a number of organizations, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation,…

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