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.
WHAT WE DO
IMPACT
NEWS
Unless the proposed WIPO treaty on the protection of television broadcast (...)
At the Fifth Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest, EIFL endorsed the need (...)
EIFL teamed up with IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and (...)
BLOG
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager participated in the (...)
EIFL is participating in Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, an annual celebration designed (...)
In recent years, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Europe’s highest (...)
EVENTS
The 38th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights ( (...)
The 39th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights ( (...)
EIFL-IP IN ACTION
EIFL is working towards an international copyright (...)
CONTACT US
For questions, please contact the Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager Teresa Hackett:
teresa.hackett@eifl.net