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...
Online piracy is a massive challenge for all economies which depend on their creative industries, hurting publishers' and authors' income, employees' jobs and governments' tax...
Legal deposit schemes, which require publishers to submit copies of books and journals to a national library, is considered a vital part in preserving a...
The IPA, along with other creative sector organisations (IFRRO, FEP, Motion Picture Association, European Writers Council, International Federation of Journalists & more) have written to...
Publishers and collecting societies are successfully sueing online file-hosting services where copyrighted materials are illegally downloaded.
...The European Writers' Council, the Federation of European Publishers and the European Booksellers Federation today launched a joint manifesto for the 2014 European Parliament elections.
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