Copyright

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...

Otunba Olayinka Lawal-Solarin is Chairman of Literamed Publications and one of Nigeria’s best-known publishers. He told IPA about his experiences in publishing and the challenges...
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...

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.

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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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The European Commission is planning to modernize the EU copyright framework "to remove current obstacles, promote rapid digital developments and make copyright fit for the...