[InetBib] IFLA launches new webpage on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions

[Müller, Harald <hmueller@xxxxxxx>]

IFLA launches new webpage on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions 
http://www.ifla.org/en/copyright-tlib 


The Hague: IFLA has created a new set of webpages, dedicated to one of
the most important policy issues which IFLA is currently dealing with -
the issue of copyright limitations and exceptions for libraries.

Copyright exceptions enable libraries to preserve and make available
works. In many countries they have been established in the print era and
not been updated to meet the needs of the digital age. An updated system
is needed to enable libraries to provide users with both historical and
new services in pace with ongoing technological changes.

IFLA is working with Member States of the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) to gain support for a binding international
instrument on copyright limitations and exceptions to enable libraries
to preserve their collections, support education and research, and lend
materials. To demonstrate what is needed, IFLA has produced a Treaty
proposal (called 'TLIB') to guide WIPO's Member States in updating
limitations and exceptions for libraries worldwide. 

Find out more about limitations and exceptions for libraries at
http://www.ifla.org/en/copyright-tlib and learn what you can do to get
involved supporting an international binding instrument that meets the
needs of libraries in the 21st century.


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Wiebke Dalhoff
Policy Officer
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

P.O. Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague
Netherlands

+31 70 314 0884
wiebke.dalhoff@xxxxxxxx

www.ifla.org 


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