On 15 May the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage tabled the report Shifting Paradigms which recommends clear actions to fix the problems created by the Copyright Act revision of 2012.
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Dubai Cares commits AED 2,938,800 (USD 800,000) over 4 years to support literacy, book access, indigenous publishing, and library restoration
The International Publishers Association (IPA) confirms Dr Jessica Sänger, Director for European and International Affairs at Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (the German Publishers and Booksellers Association) as the new Chair of the IPA’s Copyright Committee, taking over from the Publishers Association’s William Bowes who has stepped down.
From the man who has been described as “the father of African publishing” to the young winner of the Global Teacher Prize 2019, the roster of speakers for the IPA’s second Africa Seminar continues to grow.
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Michiel Kolman
18 December 2019
IPA D&I envoy, Michiel Kolman interviews Elsevier’s Simon Holt and Springer Nature’s Kirsty Bone about their experiences of having a disability and working in the publishing industry. This is a long but fascinating read.
Hugo Setzer
07 November 2019
October and the first days of November were again very busy, with visits to four different countries and three book fairs in the course of three weeks.
James Taylor
25 October 2019
SCCR 39 concluded this evening with an agreement found on how to keep the Exceptions and Limitations discussion moving forward and the other agenda items wrapped up and a possible new issue raised in the chamber.
James Taylor
24 October 2019
The second day of discussions on the broadcasting treaty were mainly conducted behind closed doors with the plenary chamber finally filling at 17:40 for a presentation of conclusions.
James Taylor
23 October 2019
Today’s discussions saw the focus shift from Exceptions and Limitations to the Broadcasting Treaty (and sadly not about all of the value generated by the copyright in an original work that migrates from being a book to a film, for example). The Excep...
James Taylor
22 October 2019
The first day closed with Dr Kenneth Crews waiting to be grilled by delegates and observers. He was given the opportunity this morning, but the highlights today were the side events and the ripples from some late-night messages to delegates.
James Taylor
21 October 2019
While the publishing industry was gathered in Frankfurt last week for the most important international book fair in the world, the action was already starting at WIPO in Geneva with an International Conference on Exceptions and Limitations on Friday ...
Ben Steward
01 October 2019
The second and final day of the IPA Regional Seminar in the Middle East was opened by Sharjah publisher Bodour Al Qasimi (Kalimat Group), who is (among other things) also the IPA Vice-President.
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