If you missed our information webinars on 23 August you can watch it now - headline information include Congress registration is free, there is a stunning two-day programme, attractive hotel packages and a post Congress trip to Bali. Read more:
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The inaugural Educational Publishers Forum (EPF) Malaysia took place on 9 August under the banner Global Textbook Trends 2022: Insights For Governments And Publishers. The 7-hour online forum, organised by the Malaysian Book Publishers Association (MABOPA), featured 24 speakers from 12 countries and was a resounding success attracting over 200 attendees including a large number of people from the Malaysian ministry of education. IPA was an event partner.
On 11 August, the IPA, along with other international rightsholder organisations, filed what is known as an ‘Amicus Brief’ in New York in support of four US publishers (Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House and Wiley) in the case Hachette et al vs Internet Archive. This is a copyright infringement lawsuit against the Internet Archive that began in June 2020.
Nominations are open for the ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing until 30 September 2022. The award recognises a publisher and a project initiative that each demonstrate outstanding leadership and achievements in advancing the accessibility of commercial e-books or other digital publications for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled.
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James Taylor
17 March 2023
The chair opened the last day of SCCR43 noting the sense of excitement in the room and the ‘spicy’ discussions around exceptions and limitations.
James Taylor
16 March 2023
Education and research was the opening topic for discussion on day 4 of SCCR 43 with a Presentation on cross-border issues concerning education and research.
James Taylor
15 March 2023
Day 3 of the SCCR was dedicated to the discussion around exceptions and limitations focusing mainly on the preservation toolkit.
James Taylor
14 March 2023
Day 2 picked up from where day 1 left off with Member States asking questions of the facilitators of the Second Revised Draft Text for the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty.
James Taylor
13 March 2023
Hot on the heels of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, a different kind of gathering for IPA - the 43rd sitting of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO’s) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in a fine, but cl...
Ana María Cabanellas
27 February 2023
IPA past President, Ana María Cabanellas, shares her first post for the IPA's literacy working group within the Inclusive Publishing and Literacy Committee.
Karine Pansa
03 February 2023
Two years ago, on this sad day, our publishing colleague, Lebanese publisher, Lokman Slim was assassinated. Lokman co-founded Dar Al-Jadeed publishing house in Lebanon with his sister, Rasha Al Ameer.
Karine Pansa
24 January 2023
The theme for UNESCO’s 2023 International Day of Education is ‘to invest in people, prioritize education’. I know what UNESCO Is getting at, but I would argue that their statement could easily be turned around: ‘in order to prioritize education we ne...
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