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Orphan works exception: use it or lose it

05/01/2019 admin

(October 2018) As a likely consequence of the UK leaving the EU, the UK is at risk of losing a…

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Posted in: Campaigns, LACA activities Filed under: copyright exceptions, orphan works, Use It or Lose It

Protection of copyright exceptions from override by contract

04/01/2019 admin

Following reforms in 2014, contracts can no longer remove many rights users have in UK copyright law. Here is a…

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Posted in: Briefings and statements, Resources Filed under: accessible copies, contract override, copyright exceptions, document supply, illustration for instruction, text and data mining

Response to BIS Committee for the Hargreaves Review

03/01/2019 admin

Response to the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Inquiry into the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property. (August 2011) The Libraries…

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Posted in: Consultation responses, LACA activities, UK advocacy Filed under: Hargreaves Review

Evidence for policy and advocacy

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Evidence of the extent of the problem of text based works affected by the 2039 provisions Following a survey undertaken…

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Posted in: Briefings and statements, Consultation responses, LACA activities, Resources, UK advocacy Filed under: 2039, copyright exceptions, one purchaser one user, Technological Protection Measures, text and data mining, unpublished works

The right to read should mean the right to mine for the sake of UK prosperity

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LACA is urging the UK Government to fully and clearly legitimise the principle that the right to read should mean…

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Posted in: Campaigns, LACA activities, UK advocacy Filed under: text and data mining

CILIP and SCL’s joint letter about MPLC

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It has been brought to our attention that the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC) has been approaching public libraries claiming…

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Posted in: Campaigns, LACA activities, UK advocacy Filed under: collecting societies, licences and licensing

One purchaser, one user

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An issue has recently been brought to LACA’s attention regarding printed publications that additionally provide access to web-based / electronic…

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Posted in: Campaigns, LACA activities, UK advocacy Filed under: one purchaser one user

LACA statement on the EU referendum result

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Statement on championing fair and balanced copyright following the EU Referendum by Naomi Korn, (former) Chair of LACA – Libraries…

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Posted in: Briefings and statements, LACA activities Filed under: EU referendum

2014 changes to UK copyright law

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Read about the 2014 copyright law reforms and what they mean in practice. CILIP and LACA have strongly supported the…

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Posted in: LACA activities, UK advocacy Filed under: Hargreaves Review

European Commission public consultation on the database directive

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The Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance (LACA) has responded to the European Commission public consultation on the database directive. LACA…

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Posted in: Consultation responses, EU advocacy, LACA activities Filed under: databases

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