19 Sep 2016
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
This blog, by EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager Teresa Hackett, was originally published on 5 September 2016 by CILIP (the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in the United Kingdom).
Every April, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) issues the " (...)
01 Jul 2016
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
In this blog, Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, reveals the data behind the demise of the British Library’s international non-commercial document supply service, reinforcing the argument that such services should be regulated by copyright law, not by licence.
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05 May 2016
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme manager, blogs about activities on UNESCO World Book & Copyright Day and WIPO World Intellectual Property Day 2016, and shares highlights from an EIFL social media campaign.
In the digital environment, librarians deal with questions of (...)
25 Feb 2016
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
Tomorrow’s world: a guessing game
‘Tomorrow’s World’, BBC television’s flagship popular science programme that began in 1965 and ran for almost 40 years, featured new scientific developments each week and sometimes put inventions to the test live on air.
While many new technologies introduced on (...)
03 Feb 2016
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
Three days, four tracks, 75 sessions
On 12th December 2015, I headed off to the Fourth Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest that was taking place in Delhi, India. Since I’d missed the previous congress in 2013, I was determined to get to this one because although it’s possible to read the (...)
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 common law and civil law countries.
'open norms' on the agenda
As governments seek to reform copyright law so that it is fit for the digital age, the (...)
28 Oct 2015
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
In this guest blog, Professor Brandon Butler, American University Washington College of Law (WCL), discusses the merits of the fair use doctrine in the US and addresses commonly held objections to the more widespread introduction of open norms in national copyright laws.
The blog accompanies a (...)