Copyright exceptions for libraries & archives: IPA’s recommendations to WIPO
As WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights met in Geneva to discuss exceptions for libraries and archives, the International Publishers Association’s Secretary General, Jens Bammel, cautioned against changing the system.
Fixed Book Price, explained
In a bid to bolster the province’s book industry, Quebec’s Minister of Culture has proposed to table a bill for a fixed book price (FBP) law. While many countries have adopted similar measures (notably France, which introduced a fixed book price in 1981) some view the notion of fixing book prices, rather than allowing them to be dictated by consumer demand, as anti-competitive and likely to do more harm than good.
Copyright concerns in Latin America
IPA Executive Committee members Ana María Cabanellas and Hugo Setzer and IPA Policy Director José Borghino attended the latest meeting of the Grupo Iberoamericano de editores (GIE) on 2 December, during the Guadalajara International Book Fair.
WIPO Magazine Publishes IPA Comment on Marrakech Treaty
Read Secretary General Jens Bammel’s comment in WIPO Magazine Issue No. 4/2013.
Congratulations, Incheon! Incheon, Korea, Elected World Book Capital 2015
Incheon was named as the “World Book Capital 2015” at the conclusion of the selection committee meeting, which as held recently at UNESCO’s Paris headquarters.
Incheon was selected “on account of the quality of its program, and the impact it will have on improving good integration of all stakeholders in the promotion of books and reading, access to books and writing in all formats to the citizens of Incheon and the Korean Peninsula during World Book Capital year and beyond”.
Publishers Welcome WIPO Marrakesh Treaty
The WIPO Marrakesh Treaty references many other WIPO treaties and principles that have long been established and are hereby strengthened.
Free Content Comes at a High Price – IPA Raises Questions about Open Educational Resources
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has published a policy paper outlining the publishing industry perspective on Open Educational Resources (OER).
IPA Supports WIPO Treaty Giving Equal Access to Visually Impaired Persons
From 18 to 28 June 2013, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will negotiate an international copyright treaty to improve access to books for persons who are blind or have other print disabilities.
Bangkok World Book Capital 2013: IPA Leadership Promotes Strong Reading Policy
Book lovers all over the world will celebrate World Book and Copyright Day on 23 April.
US Supreme Court Puts Low Cost Textbooks for Developing Countries at Risk
In Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, the US Supreme Court decided on 19 March 2013 that the “first sale” doctrine applies to copies of a copyrighted work lawfully made abroad. Consequently, an American publisher in the future may be unable to prevent the unauthorized importation into the United States of low cost editions of its textbooks produced for developing markets.