Following the postponement of a key meeting on the Copyright Directive on 12 January, there was concern that time was running out for a Directive to be adopted. The European Parliament, Council and Commission came to a compromise in February and adoption is now looking likely.
The case of 2018 IPA Prix Voltaire recipient, Gui Minhai, took yet another twist in February as his daughter, Angela Gui, revealed a meeting, brokered by the Swedish ambassador to China, which sought to buy her silence.
IPA Secretary General stresses the importance of global publishing statistics.
Following the announcement of the shortlist for the Accessible Books Consortium Excellence Awards, IPA spoke to one of the shortlisted publishers to find out more about what they do and why accessibility is important to them. Read our interview with Victor Malumian and Julian Calderazi from Ediciones Godot and Digital Be below.
Friday at SCCR 38 was for “other matters” – copyright in the digital environment, resale right and theatre directors.
Following Wednesday’s jam-packed day of presentations and side-events, you could feel a drop in energy in the chamber today as a number of reports were presented.
