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
EIFL has joined an international coalition that is attempting to stop the European (...)
Over 230 government officials, representatives of disabled people’s organizations (...)
EIFL is delighted to announce that our popular library guide to the Marrakesh Treaty (...)
BLOG
On 9 May 2017, a five year court battle between publishers and universities finally (...)
EIFL had two experienced representatives at the World Intellectual Property (...)
EIFL is participating in Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, an annual celebration designed (...)
EVENTS
Representatives of EIFL partner consortia and EIFL staff will travel to Tbilisi in (...)
The 35th 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