EIFL-IP Resources

Tools and resources for library copyright issues

Materials developed by EIFL-IP | Issues and Initiatives | EIFL-IP Conferences and Workshops | Relevant Sites and Materials

Materials developed by EIFL-IP

• The European Orphan Works Directive - an EIFL Guide sets out the background and key provisions, and provides advice to EIFL partner countries that may be affected by the Directive.

• The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances - an EIFL Briefing for Libraries. Learn what the first international copyright treaty adopted in 15 years means for libraries.

• How to negotiate with your national Reproduction Rights Organization - an EIFL Guide is intended as a practical guide for libraries if they are approached by an RRO, or when they need to approach an RRO themselves. 
• Adopting a Statement of Principles on Copyright. An EIFL template for Consortia is intended to assist EIFL partner consortia when considering the adoption of a statement on library copyright issues. 
• Developing a Library Copyright Policy. An EIFL Guide is a guide intended to highlight issues when considering the creation of a copyright policy for your library, how to go about drafting a policy and the elements that a library copyright policy might contain. Armenian | English
• "Copyright for Librarians" is an online open curriculum on copyright law that was developed jointly with Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
• EIFL Handbook on Copyright and Related Issues is a practical guide to topical legal questions affecting the information work of libraries in the fast moving digital environment.Complete handbook available in: Arabic | Armenian | English | French | Moldovan | Polish | Russian 
• EIFL-IP Draft Law on Copyright Including Model Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Consumers is a practical guide to assist librarians, as well as their legal advisors and policy makers, when national laws are being updated.

Copyright issues and Initiatives

• Traditional cultural expressions (TCEs)/expressions of folklore
• Blind and visually impaired people and copyright
• Access to Knowledge (A2K)
• European Commission initiatives
• Creative Commons licences
• Copyright exceptions and limitations
• Education, libraries and copyright
• Proposed treaty on the protection of broadcast organisations
• A Development Agenda for WIPO
• Database protection

EIFL-IP conferences and workshops

• EIFL-IP advanced training in copyright, advocacy and presentation skills 2010, Cambridge, UK
• EIFL-IP global conference 2009, Istanbul
• EIFL-IP global conference 2008, Istanbul
• EIFL-IP regional workshop 2005, Kiev
• EIFL-IP regional workshop 2005, Tallinn
• EIFL-IP regional workshop 2005, Kampala

Relevant Sites and Other Materials

• When Copyright Goes Bad
• bilaterals.org. bilaterals.org is a collective effort to share information and stimulate cooperation against bilateral trade and investment agreements that are opening countries to the deepest forms of penetration by transnational corporations
• Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Duke Law School. The Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law School is the first university center in the world devoted to the public domain.
• The Copy/South Dossier. This unique dossier contains more than 50 articles examining many dimensions of the issue across the global South, such as access, culture, economics, libraries, education, software, the Internet, the public domain, and resistance.
• Consumers’ International A2K project
• IP Watch. Independent news service reporting on international IP policies
• Michael Geist’s blog
• Copyright laws
• Copyright Watch
• UNESCO Collection of National Copyright Laws
• WIPO Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA). The Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) is a unique electronic database providing easy access to intellectual property legislation from a wide range of countries and regions as well as to treaties on intellectual property. It is an invaluable information resource made available by WIPO free of charge to all interested parties, including researchers, legal professionals, policy-makers, students and administrators.