Indian publishers to appeal Delhi High Court copyright judgement
Indian publishers have begun mounting an appeal against last month’s puzzling judgement by the Delhi High Court that extensive photocopying and the supply of course packs prepared by Delhi University, which included copies of books published by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Taylor & Francis, did not amount to infringement of copyright or that it was justifiable under India’s copyright exemptions.
WIPO Director General praises Accessible Books Consortium at annual Assemblies
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry hailed the success story that is the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) today as he opened the UN agency’s weeklong General Assemblies, the annual talks by WIPO’s decision-making bodies.
Copyright in the EU: what do publishers make of the new directive proposal?
On 14 September the European Commission laid out its proposal to modernize copyright rules in the EU, with the aim of enabling ‘European culture to flourish and circulate’. The IPA’s Brussels-based sister body, the Federation of European Publishers (FEP), was quick to respond, observing that while the document makes an earnest attempt to address some important issues, it does not hold all the answers.
IPA considering implications of Singaporean copyright review
Singapore’s Ministry of Law and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) have announced a comprehensive review of the city state’s copyright laws, inviting comments until 24 October.
IPA urges Wellington to reject blanket exceptions to technological protection measures
The IPA this month submitted an intervention to the New Zealand government as it considers a bill to amend national law as part of the implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement.
IPA interventions: Australia and Uruguay
In June 2016, the IPA made two significant international interventions, in Australia and Uruguay, to ensure the voice of publishers is heard as lawmakers try to make sense of proposals to change their national copyright laws.
Structural infringers: how to protect copyright without stifling innovation
In January, the US Copyright Office announced a study of Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the 1998 law in the US that is meant to allow rightsholders to remove material that infringes copyright from the internet while exempting innocent online service providers from liability.
Michael Fraser: powerful social forces are attacking copyright
In 1985, Professor Michael Fraser entered the complex world of copyright by accident. Having casually responded to a job ad in the Sydney Morning Herald (and having got the job as ‘the only applicant wearing a tie’), the young Michael Fraser’s career began with a three-week investigation into the growing problem of photocopying, for the Australian Copyright Council.
WIPO SCCR 32: Broadcasting Treaty inches forward, Exceptions & Limitations in stasis, UN Sustainable Development Goals next up?
Carlo Scollo Lavizzari, the IPA’s expert legal adviser, provides a post-mortem of the 32nd meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) held on 9-13 May, 2016, in Geneva.
5 Seriously Dumb Myths About Copyright the Media Should Stop Repeating
Canadian novelist and poet, John Degen, who is also the Executive Director of The Writers’ Union of Canada, wrote a no-nonsense piece debunking the five lazy lies routinely deployed by “copyleftists”. As we look ahead to a week when WIPO’s copyright committee will meet to debate several issues with potentially highly significant impacts on world publishing, John kindly gave the IPA permission to reproduce his article, which he originally posted on his blog.