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NGO delegates clapping and smiling as Marrakesh Treaty is adopted.
27 Jun 2023
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
On 27 June 2013, member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) adopted the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print (...)
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 (...)
14 Jun 2022
Posted by Jean Fairbairn, Communications Manager / Website
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, reports on recent evidence highlighting the need for strong copyright exceptions (...)
Teresa Hackett next to a bookshelf in the WIPO library.
20 Apr 2022
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, looks forward to the first full meeting of WIPO’s copyright committee in two years (...)
16 Jun 2021
Posted by Ramune Petuchovaite, Public Library Innovation Programme Manager
The first online Next Library 2021 Festival on 3 - 4 June offered a remarkable space for learning about public library transformation centred on (...)
Singer and guitarist in Choma Provincial Library's 'Creative Dorm' space.
08 Jun 2021
Posted by Ugne Lipeikaite, Public Library Innovation Programme Impact Manager
Ugne Lipeikaite, EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) Impact Manager, discusses a remarkable Danish public library impact study and (...)
Denise Nicholson
13 Nov 2020
Posted by Guest Blogger
South Africa’s Copyright Amendment Bill had been sitting on the desk of President Cyril Ramaphosa for over a year, waiting to be signed into law. (...)