On Wednesday 16 November, in federal court in Brooklyn, USA, an indictment and a complaint were unsealed charging Russian nationals Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova with criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud and money laundering for operating Z-Library, an online e-book piracy website.
On 27 November, the Latin American arm of the IPA’s Educational Publishers Forum held a meeting in Mexico during the Guadalajara Book Fair.
On 17-18 November, IPA’s Portuguese member, APEL, hosted a physical meeting of the EPF which attracted 30 people from over 10 countries including Brazil, Poland, Norway, the UK, Hungary, Spain and France.
In the aftermath of the IPA Congress, on 12 November, a selection of IPA members gathered near the Congress venue in central Jakarta.
The chair opened the last day of SCCR43 noting the sense of excitement in the room and the ‘spicy’ discussions around exceptions and limitations.
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.
Day 3 of the SCCR was dedicated to the discussion around exceptions and limitations focusing mainly on the preservation toolkit.
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.
IPA past President, Ana María Cabanellas, shares her first post for the IPA's literacy working group within the Inclusive Publishing and Literacy Committee.
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.
