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Global Copyright Enforcement Forum

Following a successful rebrand last year, the Global Copyright Enforcement Forum returns to Frankfurt Book Fair.

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IPA Freedom to Publish Focus at Göteborg and Frankfurt Book Fairs

IPA will keep the spotlight on the Prix Voltaire in the coming months partnering an event at Göteborg Book Fair in September and with our...

Beijing International Book Fair Report

IPA’s Vice-President, Hugo Setzer, attended the Beijing International Book Fair, on a trip where he will also travel to Seoul and Tokyo to catch up...

IPA President and Secretary General attend IFLA World Congress

IPA President, Michiel Kolman, and Secretary General, José Borghino, attended the 84th World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) of the International Federation of Library Organisations...

Ghosh: Publishers have the role of an educator

Asoke Ghosh, The IPA’s longest serving Executive Committee member, wrote the fourth of our edited extracts from Publishers on Publishing, which was released during the...

Freedom to Publish in Malaysia: IPA Secretary General kicks off seminar series in Kuala Lumpur

On 27 August, IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, was invited to headline the inaugural event in a seminar series on the subject of Freedom to...

Publishers at WIPO seminars at Lima Book Fair and in Kuala Lumpur

Over the summer WIPO held seminars in Peru and Malysia. IPA helped ensure publishers were present to discuss ‘Managing Copyright in the Publishing Industry in...

Pierrat: Fake news laws are the latest to restrict freedom of expression

IPA interviewed Emmanuel Pierrat, a French lawyer specialising in freedom of expression and President of the French PEN Club about his book Codification of Freedom...

Digital campaigning stalls EU Copyright Directive – world copyright round-up

From mass campaigning in the EU to open consultations in Australia, South Africa and Thailand, as well as the ongoing review in Canada, copyright debates...

Criminal defamation laws – barriers to the Freedom to Publish

During the 38th United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva at the end of June, PEN International held a parallel event (video here) to...

Alain Kouck (1946 – 2018)

IPA learnt with great sadness of the passing of Alan Kouck, President of the Editis Group and former Vice President of IPA (2010-2012).

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Banned Books Week campaigns underway in USA and UK

Taking place from 23-29 September, banned book week is being promoted in the US and the UK. 

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ARIPO Symposium investigates shaping rights systems in Africa

“Piracy is a disease we have to fight together” said Ms Maureen Fondo, Head of Copyright and Related Rights at ARIPO, the African Regional Intellectual...

Indian Publishing: An Insider’s Perspective

The IPA is very happy to publish a third extract from the book Publishers on Publishing, which was published during the IPA Congress in New...

PANZ International Conference 2018 a resounding success

On 28-29 June, IPA’s Vice President, Hugo Setzer, was invited by the Publishers Association of New Zealand to deliver the opening keynote speech at their...

Freedom to Publish – The spectrum and the challenge of international action

Since the founding of the IPA, the freedom to publish has been one of its two core pillars. The other pillar is copyright. These two...

Bangladeshi publishers still at risk

IPA laments the murder of Shahzahan Bachchu, and the continued insecurity faced by Bangladeshi authors and publishers. We send his family and friends our sincere...

Drawing lines between Australia and Canada

With a copyright consultation underway in Australia, and Canada going through its own copyright review process, it is interesting to see lines being drawn between...

The Seoul Train

IPA joined high-level delegations advising on copyright and education policy at the Seoul International Book Fair. Responding to a call from our member, the Korean...

“India has the greatest potential for a thriving ‘reading’ nation”

The IPA is very happy to publish a second extract from the contribution by the Publishers Association’s Emma House to the book Publishers on Publishing,...

Make Authors Rich Again

OkadaBooks founder Okechukwu Ofili stunned speakers and audience at the IPA Regional Seminar in Lagos by telling them they were too old. We catch up...

European Copyright Directive inches towards adoption

Things are heating up in the discussions on the EU Copyright Directive. Ahead of a recent committee vote in the European Parliament there were trucks...

Alicia Wise steps down from ABC board

A founding member, of the ABC board, Alicia Wise (Senior VP for Global Strategic Networks at Elsevier), stood down at the recent board meeting where...

IPA Vice-President testifies in Canadian Copyright Review

In 2012 Canada changed its copyright law to include education as part of its fair-dealing exception to Copyright. The Copyright Act is now under review...

IPA Regional Seminar in Nigeria

With a focus on the sustainable development of publishing in Africa, the IPA held its first ever African Regional Seminar in Lagos, Nigeria on 9...

Content for Education launched

With discussions over the Copyright Directive proposal hotting up in the EU, Content 4 Education has been launched.

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11th Istanbul Gathering

The 11th Istanbul Gathering took place on 26 and 27 May. Unfortunately, the current situation in Turkey made it impossible to bring the invited speakers...

Publishing delegation attends WIPO Copyright Committee

Negotiations on possible future international treaties on copyright dominated the last week of May at the meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related...

The Freedom to Publish

The IPA is very happy to publish an extract from the contribution by IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, and Chair of the IPA’s Freedom to...

Simon Master Chairman’s Award for Asoke Gosh

At the London Book Fair’s International Excellence Awards on 11th April, Jacks Thomas, Director of the Fair looked back at his career in publishing, which...

IPA Vice President testifies at Canadian Copyright Review

  • Canada an international outlier since its broad exception for educational uses and the ‘legislation through the courts’ that has seen fair dealing equated with...

Two-time Prix Voltaire nominee to guest post for IPA blog

Having spoken passionately at the IPA’s Freedom to Publish Seminar at the London Book Fair, Azadeh Parsapour, the London-based Iranian publisher behind Nogaam ePublishing will...

IPA Regional Seminar Tackles the Challenges of African Publishing

200 participants gathered in Lagos, Nigeria, to attend the first IPA Regional Seminar on Publishing in Africa. The seminar brought together notable publishers and others...

IPA at FILBo

The IPA’s Educational Publishers Forum (EPF) continues to strengthen its presence in Latin America.

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IPA at Salon du Livre de Genève

This year, the annual Salon du Livre de Genève (Geneva Book Fair) took place from 25-29 April. Billed as the second biggest francophone fair in...

WIPO IPA publishing study 2017 launched

Hot on the heels of the publication of the IPA/WIPO pilot survey of the publishing industry, the data collection process for the 2017 survey has...

IPA regional seminar “an empowerment programme for Africa”

On 9 May, IPA holds a Regional Seminar in Lagos, Nigeria. We interview Gbadega Adedapo, member of the IPA’s Executive Committee, President of the Nigerian...

Athens takes over as UNESCO World Book Capital City

UNESCO’s World Book and Copyright Day (23 April) marked the handover of the World Book Capital City (WBCC) from Conakry, Guinea to Athens, Greece.

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Accessibility Awards announced at London Book Fair

The London Book Fair saw the announcement of the Accessible Books Consortium’s 2018 International Excellence Awards with Hachette Livre, France and Daisy Forum, India picking...

European Commission VP delivers Charles Clark Memorial Lecture

With draft European Union copyright rules currently under debate, European Commission Vice President, Andrus Ansip, came to the London Book Fair to share the logic...

First IPA Freedom to Publish seminar at London Book Fair

The IPA’s first Freedom to Publish Seminar at the London Book Fair took place on the opening day and saw a packed room listen to...

2018 IPA International Publishers Congress – videos and more

The 2018 IPA International Publishers Congress in New Delhi was a resounding success. Below you can see blog posts, articles, press releases and videos from...

Michiel Kolman Keynote – IPA at LBF Freedom to Publish Seminar

Censor, advocate or disruptor? The role of Publishers in an Evolving Publishing and Media Landscape, 10th April 2018

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Sharjah Helps Rebuild One of Africa’s Iconic Libraries in Guinea

Sharjah makes a unique contribution to rebuild one of Conakry's most beloved libraries which was destroyed by fire in 2012.

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Publishing for Sustainable Development: The Role of Publishers in Africa

Taking place in Lagos, Nigeria on 9 May 2018, this IPA Regional Seminar will cover a broad range of issues, from the socio-economic contribution of...

UK report – Textbooks pay for themselves if they save teachers just 4.5 minutes a day

A fascinating new report commissioned by the UK Publishers Association demonstrates the value of textbooks and education publishers.

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Copyright law changes afoot in Japan and Ireland

Ministries in both countries have recently published draft proposals looking at exceptions for text and data mining, among other things.

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