This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Public Lending Right Act, the landmark piece of legislation that gave authors in the UK the legal right to receive payment when …
IAF and PLR International meet European Commission
In June, as part of PLR International, the International Authors Forum (IAF) met with members of the Copyright Unit of the European Commission. The focus of this meeting was to …
IAF’s concern with the PLR scheme in Romania
Barbara Hayes, IAF’s Company Secretary as well as Chair of the PLR International Steering Committee, and Jim Parker, Co-ordinator of PLR International, joined a delegation of the above-mentioned Steering Committee …
PLR International: an update
It was particularly appropriate that IAF’s AGM last month was hosted by the Authors Guild at their offices in New York. The Guild recently launched its campaign to achieve Public …
PLR International side event at SCCR37
PLR International hosted a side event on 28 November 2018 at WIPO SCCR37 to discuss Public Lending Right (PLR) and its potential for authors and creative economies around the world. …
Update from IFRRO 2018 World Conference
The International Authors Form (IAF) hosted a reception on 24 October at the IFRRO 2018 World Conference in Athens. IAF Secretariat Luke Alcott gave an update on the recent work …
PLR side event at WIPO SCCR 37
As our members know, we work very closely with PLR International to support their mission in supporting countries interested in setting up Public Lending Right (PLR) schemes. PLR International will …
Public Lending Right International (PLRi): our work so far
Members of the International Authors Forum will recall that in November 2016 we put on a side event at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva introducing Public Lending …
Greek Parliament passes new laws on copyright
The Greek Parliament has recently passed a package of new laws relating to copyright. Included in this package is a new law to implement the EU Collective Rights Management Directive …
IAF meeting in Helsinki
At the IAF Meeting in Helsinki, members heard updates from Barbara Hayes and Luke Alcott on the work of the IAF since the AGM and from Jim Parker of PLR …
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