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From Harmony to Discord?

Implications of the EU Directive on Copyright

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Sandy Norman
Sandy Norman
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For twelve years, Sandy Norman has been advising the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP, formerly the Library Association) on copyright and has represented the library and information profession at copyright hearings and meetings. She has written many articles and presented papers both nationally and internationally on copyright issues which concern the profession. Sandy is a member of the Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance (LACA), and has served on several other committees including the EBLIDA Experts Copyright Group and the IFLA Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters. From 1992–1996, she was the Copyright Adviser to IFLA where she represented IFLA at major meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organisation. She is at present preparing to update her previous publications on copyright for the profession with Practical Copyright for Information Professionals: the CILIP guide which will be published by Facet Publishing following the imminent copyright law changes as described in this article. This will be her final work on copyright as she retires at the end of February.
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Extract

By the Spring of this year, if all goes to plan, there will be changes to our current laws on copyright. EC Directive 2001/29/EC on the Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society is soon to be implemented into legislation in all Member States. This article describes the reasons behind the changes, what the changes are and how they affect the library and information sector.

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Copyright
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Legal Information Management , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , Spring 2003 , pp. 25 - 28
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Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2003

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