Copyright News

In South Africa, the defective copyright amendment bill (as well as the performers’ protection bill) has been referred back to the National Assembly by President Ramaphosa.

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On June 1, 2020, member companies of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) officially filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Internet Archive (“IA”) in a...

Publishers continue to curate, educate and entertain during COVID-19 pandemic.

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The International Publishers Association congratulates publishers around the world who have been quick and innovative in their reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic. IPA also praises government...

Audiobook captions, resale of eBooks, copyright consultations in Brazil, Philippines, India and Ireland and copyright events coming up at London Book Fair. ...
Award-winning Norwegian author Maja Lunde, satirical South African cartoonist Zapiro and eminent Indian statesman and author Dr Shashi Tharoor will be among the speakers at...

London Book Fair 2020 has been cancelled. All IPA events that had been scheduled to take place at the fair have been cancelled..

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Before Frankfurt Book Fair had even finished, IPA’s attention was drawn back to Geneva where WIPO was holding an International Conference on Copyright Limitations and...

IPA is holding a full schedule of Committee meetings as well as open and public events around the 33rd International Publishers Congress in Lillehammer, freedom...

When the names and titles of the Commissioners forming the team of President-elect Ursula von der Leyen were finally announced, most of the observers including...