On 7 June, IPA held a webinar under the theme “Protecting the book market: strategies, challenges & best practices on copyright enforcement”. A panel of expert publishers and law enforcement officers shared their experience about the challenges brought by online piracy and the importance of appropriate legal frameworks to support copyright owners and authorities in tackling infringement, an essential activity to maintain a sustainable and vibrant book market.
The IPA President also discussed her experience of leading teams at a panel session held at the online edition of the London Book Fair
IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, spoke recently on a panel called ‘Creating a Living: Exceptions & Limitations to Copyright Balanced by Licensing’, which was organised by the International Authors Forum (IAF). He explained that publishers work closely with authors to leverage and exploit the exclusive rights they have in their written works. These rights were first compiled through the Berne Copyright Convention of 1886, which also included some exceptions and limitations to those rights. If those exceptions and limitations expand and multiply without preserving or nurturing the exclusive rights at the core of the system, then major imbalances arise.
As publishers in Georgia were able to gather together for a physical book festival, IPA joined virtually as part of its 125th anniversary celebrations for a discussion between four past Presidents that shared anecdotes from past congresses as well as looking to the future.
Happy International Literacy Day!
SDG Publishers Compact hits its first 100 signatories.
