On 31 May, Previous IPA President, Hugo Setzer, spoke at a hybrid conference organized by the Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in Ottawa, Canada. Entitled ‘The Future of Copyright in Canada’ the conference focused on the ongoing fall out from the 2012 amendments to the Canadian Copyright Act.
On April 8 the Canadian government tabled it’s Budget 2022 report, which confirmed the Government of Canada’s commitment to ensuring that the Copyright Act protects all creators and copyright holders, acknowledges the importance of creating the conditions to ensure a sustainable educational publishing industry, including fair remuneration for rightsholders.
The 2022 Charles Clark Memorial Lecture was the closing event at this year’s altered but well-attended London Book Fair at Olympia London. The annual Memorial Lecture, and Book Fair highlight, celebrates and remembers the achievements of Charles Clark who was a publisher, lawyer, and eminent authority on copyright law.
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has released a report following its two-year investigation to gauge the effects of Covid-19 on global publishing and to map pathways to a more resilient, future-ready book sector.
Professor Mark D. Cole of the University of Luxembourg will deliver the 2022 Charles Clark Memorial Lecture under the title The answer to platform regulation is in the regulation of platforms. The lecture will be held at London Book Fair on Thursday 7 April at 3pm.
The International Publishers Association (IPA) stands alongside the Kenya Publishers Association (KPA) in being extremely concerned by the current form of the Copyright Reform Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 44 of 2021) which passed its second reading last week and seems set to be adopted at third reading later this week. As it stands, the Bill is unacceptable and is an inexplicable step backwards for Kenya's copyright policy.
Copyright exhaustion, eLending and the future of platform responsibility in the EU have all been in the news this last month. We have a quick look at the stories and reactions.
IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, spoke to over a hundred Canadian publishers on 27 January, during the ‘Copyright Roundup’ session of the annual Mid-Winter Meeting organized by one of the IPA’s three Canadian members, the Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP). IPA’s other two members are the Canadian Publishers’ Council (CPC) and the Association Nationale des Editeurs de Livres (ANEL).
