Opinion Archives – International Publishers Association

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Laura Brady

Accessible EPUB from InDesign

April 25, 2024

It seems that everyone is talking about accessibility these days. And there is a very good reason for that....

Accessibility, Accessible Books Consortium, EPUB, European Accessibility Act, Laura Brady

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Hugo Setzer

World Book & Copyright Day 2024

April 23, 2024

Last year I wrote in this blog about World Book Day. I think the occasion is worth to write about it again. ...

Hugo Setzer, Strasbourg, The Fifth Quarter Century: The International Publishers Association 1996-2021, UNESCO, UNESCO World Book Capital, World Book and Copyright Day,

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James Taylor

SCCR 45 Blog Day 5: Good Night SCCR

April 19, 2024

After a tumultuous week, WIPO's 45th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights has come to an end....

Artificial Intelligence, Broadcasting Treaty, Copyright, Exceptions and Limitations, Marrakesh Treaty, Publishing industry, SCCR 45, WIPO

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James Taylor

SCCR 45 Blog Day 4: Judgment Day

April 18, 2024

Artificial Intelligence has finally arrived on the fourth and penultimate day of WIPO's 45th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights....

Artificial Intelligence, Broadcasting Treaty, Copyright, Exceptions and Limitations, Marrakesh Treaty, Publishing industry, SCCR 45, WIPO

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James Taylor

SCCR 45 Blog Day 3: Heat

April 17, 2024

We're halfway through WIPO’s 45th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) as discussions on Limitations and Exceptions continue for the whole of the...

Artificial Intelligence, Broadcasting Treaty, Copyright, Exceptions and Limitations, Marrakesh Treaty, Publishing industry, SCCR 45, WIPO

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James Taylor

SCCR 45 Blog Day 2: Broadcast treaty now?

April 16, 2024

The second day of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) was mainly spent in informals with the plenary resuming to close the...

Artificial Intelligence, Broadcasting Treaty, Copyright, Exceptions and Limitations, Marrakesh Treaty, Publishing industry, SCCR 45, WIPO

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James Taylor

SCCR 45 Blog Day 1: (Broad)Cast away

April 15, 2024

IPA is back at WIPO for the 45th Session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). ...

Artificial Intelligence, Broadcasting Treaty, Copyright, Exceptions and Limitations, Marrakesh Treaty, Publishing industry, SCCR 45, WIPO

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Michiel Kolman

Diversity and Inclusion in Brazilian publishing: ‘this movement is not optional’

April 10, 2024

In March 2024, the Brazilian Publishers Association (SNEL) started consulting its members on diversity, equity and inclusion. Michiel Kolman, Chair of the IPA’s Inclusive Publishing...

Brazil, Diversity and Inclusion, Flavia Bravin, Inclusive Publishing and Literacy Committee, SNEL

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Laura Brady

The European Accessibility Act for non-EU members

March 25, 2024

European Union publishers are striving to meet the requirements of the European Accessibility Act, a piece of legislation that is poised to affect a sea...