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Dick Kawooya, left, and Desmond Oriakhogba, authors of the report, at the 42nd meeting of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. Photos by WIPO.
12 Dec 2022
Posted by Guest Blogger
A new report (2022) examining the status of reproduction rights organizations (RROs) in Africa finds that RROs in most countries do not meet global (...)
Young African public library innovators using tools during a hands-on experience in the National Library of Lithuania makerspace.
05 Oct 2017
Posted by Ramune Petuchovaite, Public Library Innovation Programme Manager
In August, a group of 13 young African public librarians travelled to Eastern Europe (Lithuania and Poland) on a 12-day journey to take part in an (...)
28 Oct 2015
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
For more information on fair use and the different legal systems, see Prof Brandon Butler guest blog Fair use, open norms and blurred lines between (...)
19 Dec 2014
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
We really didn’t know what to expect from the last WIPO meeting of 2014. Two previous sessions of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related (...)
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18 Dec 2014
Posted by Simona Siad
It was a long journey to get to this point. There were challenges and successes, cross-cultural learning, new friendships and incredible growth. (...)
10 Jan 2014
Posted by Simona Siad
The latest phase of funding for the EIFL-FOSS programme ran from 2010 to 2013 As the EIFL Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) programme draws to a (...)
03 Dec 2013
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
The third day of December 2013 marked International Day of Persons with Disabilities – designated by the United Nations (UN) to promote (...)