Tell us and LIBER if you have been blocked from access to electronic content in the context of data mining. This article is an adaptation of a post by LIBER's Copyright & Legal Matters Working Group, licensed by LIBER under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence. LACA is working with LIBER's Copyright & Legal …
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Digital Single Market Directive on its final lap
An overview of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market and what it means for libraries, archives, and research. This post is an adaptation of a post by Barbara Stratton, LACA Vice-Chair and International Spokesperson, for EBLIDA, the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations. On 26th March 2019, the European Parliament …
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European Commission public consultation on the database directive
The Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance (LACA) has responded to the European Commission public consultation on the database directive. LACA has submitted that the directive has not had any significant impact on the EU’s database industry. The directive has, however, added unneeded complexity, in particular for information users. Citing academic research, experience, and the Commission’s …
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Public consultation on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain and on the “panorama exception”
LACA's response to the European Commission's public consultation on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain and on the “panorama exception”. (June 2016) Panorama exceptionDownload LACA's response
E-lending preliminary ruling in CJEU
Response to four questions that have been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a preliminary ruling. (June 2015) LACA and CILIP submitted a joint response to four questions about e-lending that have been referred for a preliminary ruling in an important case before the Court of Justice of the European …
Collective rights management in the digital single market
Consultation on the implementation of the EU Directive on the collective management of copyright in the internal market. (March 2015) A response to the consultation on the implementation of the EU Directive on the collective management of copyright and multi-territorial licensing of online music rights in the internal market. This is a joint response from the Libraries and …
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Consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules
LACA's response to a public consultation on the review of EU copyright rules. (March 2014) Background The consultation spans 80 questions and covers a broad spectrum of copyright law, looking at areas where copyright inhibits cross-border provision and the functioning of the (Digital) Single Market. LACA's response calls for: the imbalance in the way the …
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Copyright in Europe
The Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance's response to a consultation on the European copyright framework and areas relating to copyright that have been highlighted by the European Commission for further action. (October 2013) Background The emphasis on completing the Digital Single Market to help deliver growth in Europe has intensified the debate on copyright in …
European advocacy 2013-2018
Educators ask for a better copyright (January 2018) COMMUNIA sent a joint letter to all MEPs working on copyright reform. The letter is an urgent request to improve the education exception in the proposal for a Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market. It is supported by LACA and 32 other organisations representing schools, …
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