[A2k] Statement by eIFL-IP librarians for World Book and Copyright Day, 23 April 2009

[Teresa Hackett (eIFL)]

At the Second Global eIFL-IP conference in Istanbul in March 2009,
librarians from thirty-nine developing and transition countries decided
to highlight the importance of users=92 rights for libraries and education
to mark World Book and Copyright Day on April 23rd, 2009. Sponsored by
UNESCO, World Book and Copyright Day seeks to =93promote reading,
publishing and the protection of intellectual property through
copyright=94. For libraries, and the people who use libraries, it is the
exceptions and limitations to the legal protections granted to
rightsholders that provide the basic mechanism for access to copyrighted
content.

In their statement, eIFL-IP librarians support effective provisions in
national copyright law to fulfil the public service mission of
libraries, recognise the need for a global approach to exceptions and
limitations, look forward to progress in discussions on exceptions and
limitations at the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related
Rights (SCCR) in May 2009 and call on Member States to implement the
Recommendations from the WIPO Development Agenda adopted in 2007.

Press release:
http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/news/press-area/2009-04-23

Statement:
http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/docs/ip_docs/world-book-copyright-day