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Read the report on the 31st meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) held on 7-11 2015 December in Geneva
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According to the European Court of Justice (CJEU), as part of a ruling on Belgian statutory levies published on 12 November 2015 ‘publishers are not...

On 9 November 2015, Secretary General of the IPA, José Borghino, chaired a panel discussion about 'The publisher perspective on the development of new technologies...

In consultation with our member in South Africa, the Publishers Association of South Africa (PASA), the IPA made a submission on 15 September to the...

It is almost a cliché to say that we are in a visual age. Today, visual images are increasingly important and visual competency is becoming...

"Copyright has been the bedrock of huge expansion of the creative industries which have taken advantage of technology, new platforms and devices, delivering wider choice...

Copyright protection is not per se a human right, but it is a tool which protects the human rights of authors and publishers. Copyright impacts...

A new IPA report on copyright and human rights exposes how the poor state of creative industries and of freedom of expression in developing countries...
Alaa Al Aswany is the Arab world's bestselling novelist. We spoke to him about the precarious situation for writers in countries, like Egypt, without proper...