ECOSOC opinion on book publishing and IFLA orphan works statements emphasise importance of efficient rights information search tools

Last updated on: Wed, 16/05/2012 - 17:37

The European Economic and social Committee (ECOSOC) has recently adopted the opinion Book publishing on the move, which notes favorably ARROW as a cost-efficient and practical tool for the search for rights information. The statement is available here. 

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Argentinian Visual Arts Society becomes IFRRO member

Last updated on: Tue, 15/05/2012 - 12:18

IFRRO is pleased to announce that the Sociedad de Artistas Visuales Argentinos
(SAVA) has been accepted as a new IFRRO member in the Creator and Publisher Association Membership category.

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Google Books case: hearing and timeline

Last updated on: Fri, 04/05/2012 - 13:05

On 3 May 2012, U.S. Judge Denny Chin heard oral argument in the Google Books case. 

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European Economic and Social Committee tells the European Commission to take better account of the publishing industry

Last updated on: Thu, 03/05/2012 - 10:03

On 25 April, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted an opinion on “Book Publishing on the move”.

This opinion underlines the importance of the publishing industry for Europe and the challenges it faces as it is moving to digital.

Amongst other, it addresses the issue of Intellectual property, standards, taxation and preservation.

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CAL-VISCOPY service agreement proposed for authorisation

Last updated on: Mon, 30/04/2012 - 14:25

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has proposed to authorise a services agreement between Australian rights management organisations Copyright Agency (CAL) and Viscopy.

The agreement will deliver additional income to artists, reduce administrative fees and simplify licensing arrangements.

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IFRRO Business Models Forum on Good Governance in Collective Management

Last updated on: Mon, 30/04/2012 - 10:28

On 26 April, IFRRO celebrated its spring edition of the Business Models Forum in Copenhagen, chaired by Tracey Armstrong of CCC.  The topic of the session was Good Governance as a Competitive Advantage in Collective Management, and for RROs in particular. Director David Uwemedimo of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) discussed, among other things, the possibility of criteria for good governance to be established by an independent body to which RROs and other Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) could sign up to on a voluntary basis.

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IFRRO CEO, Olav Stokkmo, takes over ISNI-IA Chair

Last updated on: Tue, 17/04/2012 - 16:34

Following the resignation of FX Nuttall, the ISNI International Agency elected IFRRO, CEO, Olav Stokkmo as ISNI-IA chair.

Stokkmo was previously ISNI treasurer and IFRRO is one of the founding members of ISNI and has been prominent in the ISNI project since its inception. “I would like to thank FX for getting us off to a great start,” said Stokkmo. “ISNI must now consolidate its position and our first priority will be to appoint Registration Agencies (RAGs) to issue new ISNIs to build on the million, with which the ISNI database was launched.”
 

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Access Copyright signs Model Licence with the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

Last updated on: Tue, 17/04/2012 - 16:29

The Canadian RRO – Access Copyright - and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) have negotiated a model licence that will allow universities to reproduce copyright protected materials in both print and digital formats.

“We are pleased to have negotiated this licence with the AUCC,” said Maureen Cavan, Executive Director of Access Copyright. “The licence provides easy, legal access to copyright protected works for students, professors and staff, in a simple, fast and cost efficient manner.”

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Lex Lefebvre retires as Managing Director of IPRO

Last updated on: Sat, 14/04/2012 - 11:34

As of 3 April, Lex Lefebvre has retired and therefore has stepped down as Managing Director of IPRO, International Publishers Rights Organisation, Lex has been active for IPRO since its inception in 1995 (then named PRO and afterwards renamed to IPRO in 2004) and has helped build what it is today. Pieter Bolman, Chair of the IPRO Board, paid tribute saying ‘Over these many years Lex has been of invaluable support to the way IPRO has promoted and protected copyright compensations for international publishers.

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ARROW seminar at the London Book Fair

Last updated on: Wed, 11/04/2012 - 16:56

ARROW is a system developed with financial support from the European Commission jointly by representatives of authors, publishers, RROs and libraries, including IFRRO, that streamlines the process of identifying rights, rights status – whether the work is potentially orphan, is in or out of commerce or in or out of copyright - and authors, publishers and other rightholders in a copyright work. It  will be presented at the London Book Fair on 17 April at 11:30 at the seminar Go digital now! Quick and easy digitization with the ARROW rights information system.

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