In December 2020, US Congress passed both the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act and the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act as part of a year-end legislative package, including Covid-19 …
Creating a Living in Latin America: Session one
On 24 November 2020, the first session of Creating a Living in Latin America, an online event with authors’ and creators’ organisations from Latin America, took place. Participants had the …
IAF at SCCR 40
From 16 November to 20 November 2020, IAF remotely attended the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 40th session. Due to concerns for …
TWUC supports Access Copyright at the Supreme Court
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) welcomed the Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) decision to hear the appeal of Access Copyright in its long-running legal dispute with York University over …
Internet Archive ends National Emergency Library after copyright lawsuit
Following campaigns against the unauthorised large-scale copying practices of the Internet Archive, the Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library ceased operating on 16 June. This is two weeks earlier than it …
Authors respond to Internet Archive’s so-called “Emergency Library”
Update: Please sign the Authors Guild Open Letter to Internet Archive to Shut Down the So-Called “National Emergency Library” The Internet Archive has for some time digitised huge amounts of …
New IAF working groups
IAF is launching two new working groups on issues relevant to IAF members. These groups will address the EU Copyright Directive and the Used Books market and the relationship authors …
IAF at IFRRO World Congress 2019
This year, IAF attended the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) World Congress in Edinburgh. IAF was happy to see IFRRO adopt a resolution opposing Controlled Digital Lending (CDL). …
IAF at WIPO SCCR39
In October 2019, IAF attended the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR39) in Geneva. As with previous years the SCCR the agenda continued work …