It has been brought to our attention that the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC) has been approaching public libraries claiming that they must subscribe to its individual or umbrella licences for the purpose of ensuring the requirements of copyright legislation are met in relation to the “public performance” of films. After consulting with the Libraries …
One purchaser, one user
An issue has recently been brought to LACA’s attention regarding printed publications that additionally provide access to web-based / electronic content. This occurs in various forms, including: books including “once-only” access codes which require the user to then set up a unique username/password in order to access the web-based content;books or music scores including a …
Dedicated terminals exception FAQ
Among the changes to UK copyright law introduced on June 1st 2014 was an exception to copyright permitting educational institutions, not for profit publically accessible libraries, archives and museums to make digitised collection items available on site via “dedicated terminals”. In April 2016, the impact of this new exception was debated by a Speakers’ Panel …
LACA statement on the EU referendum result
Statement on championing fair and balanced copyright following the EU Referendum by Naomi Korn, (former) Chair of LACA - Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance. Following Britain’s decision to leave the EU, right now in terms of copyright, it is unclear about what this will mean for us, our member organisations and UK users of copyright …
2014 changes to UK copyright law
Read about the 2014 copyright law reforms and what they mean in practice. CILIP and LACA have strongly supported the Government’s reform to copyright laws and we are delighted that the majority of these became law on 1 June 2014. These are: The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Disability) Regulations 2014 The Copyright and Rights …
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
Consultation on changes to penalties for online copyright infringement
A consultation on harmonising the maximum custodial sentence for online and offline copyright infringement of equal seriousness. (August 2015) In its response, LACA explains why it believes that the maximum custodial sentence for online and offline copyright infringement of equal seriousness should not be harmonised at 10 years and that the sentence for online copyright infringement should …
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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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