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Structural infringers: how to protect copyright without stifling innovation

In January, the US Copyright Office announced a study of Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the 1998 law in the US...

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Michael Fraser: powerful social forces are attacking copyright

In 1985, Professor Michael Fraser entered the complex world of copyright by accident. Having casually responded to a job ad in the Sydney Morning Herald...

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WIPO SCCR 32: Broadcasting Treaty inches forward, Exceptions & Limitations in stasis, UN Sustainable Development Goals next up?

Carlo Scollo Lavizzari, the IPA's expert legal adviser, provides a post-mortem of the 32nd meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)...

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5 Seriously Dumb Myths About Copyright the Media Should Stop Repeating

Canadian novelist and poet, John Degen, who is also the Executive Director of The Writers' Union of Canada, wrote a no-nonsense piece...

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IPA joins push for rethink of copyright exceptions and slashing of royalties in Canada

The IPA has thrown its weight behind a growing chorus calling for the Canadian Government to urgently reconsider changes to the country's copyright laws that...

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Fair’s fair – or is it? Paul Goldstein on the rise and rise of fair use exceptions

Few people are better qualified to opine on the evolution of copyright than Paul Goldstein, widely held to be one of America's...

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IPA Submission on copyright reform to the Australian Productivity Commission

In support of our member, the Australian Publishers Association (APA), the IPA recently made an extensive submission to the Australian government’s inquiry into ‘Australia’s Intellectual...
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WIPO debates copyright exceptions for education, libraries and archives, as well as a new international broadcasting treaty

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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IPA stresses the importance of licensing solutions at WIPO

International Publishers Association (IPA) today endorsed licensing as the best way to safeguard copies of works in libraries and archives during the debate at the...
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IPA celebrates publishers’ innovation at WIPO

International Publishers Association (IPA) Secretary General, José Borghino spoke today about the great innovations being delivered by publishers, especially in the education sector.
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