Librarians play key roles in shaping national and international copyright policy and in protecting and promoting access to knowledge. EIFL has created a crucial network of librarians in developing and transition countries. It is essential that the members of that network have the fullest possible understanding, not just of the current copyright laws, but also of the ways in which those laws could and should be interpreted and modified in the future.
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Restrictive copyright laws create legal barriers to using resources for education, research and socio-economic development. This can have significant consequences for people who use libraries in developing and transition economy countries, where the ability to produce and use knowledge is a major factor in development.
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In a letter to Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa, EIFL has (...)
In a public consultation on Thailand’s draft copyright law, EIFL welcomed a proposed (...)
EIFL has written to the National Assembly, one of South Africa’s two Houses of (...)
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Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, reports on a recent (...)
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, summarizes the key (...)
In March 2023, the President of Nigeria signed the Copyright Act, 2022 into law. (...)
EIFL-IP IN ACTION
EIFL advocates for an international copyright fram (...)
CONTACT US
For questions, please contact the Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager Teresa Hackett:
teresa.hackett@eifl.net