The eIFL Handbook on Copyright and Related Issues for Libraries is a practical guide to topical legal questions affecting the information work of libraries in the fast moving digital environment. Each topic is described briefly, the main policy aspects for libraries are outlined, and there are links to library policy statements for further reading.

We encourage readers to download, re-use and build upon the Handbook. We welcome translations and will be pleased to make them available online.

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Table of Contents

• Foreward
• The Relationship between Copyright and Contract Law: Electronic Resources and Library Consortia
• Technological Protection Measures - the "triple lock"
• Copyright, the Duration of Protection and the Public Domain
• Copyright Exceptions and Limitations (in English)
• Legal Deposit (in English)
• Orphan Works
• Collective Rights Management
• Public lending right
• The Database Right - Europe's Experiment
• Creative Commons: an "open content" licence
• Open Access to Scholarly Communications
• Copyright and Trade Agreements
• International Policy Making: a Development Agenda for WIPO
• National Policy Making: Advocating for Fair Copyright Law

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