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From:
Ann
Rossiter [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 27 January 2014
08:44
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: EU Copyright Consultation
Dear
all
The
European Commission has issued a Copyright Consultation on the revision of
current EU legislation. This Consultation covers a broad range of issues which
are central to the work of academic libraries. SCONUL and a number of library organisations are responding to the
consultation. If you would like to contribute to the SCONUL response
please send your comments to [log in to unmask] by Friday 31st January.
We also recommend that individual libraries provide their own
response to help raise the concerns of the sector.
This is an opportunity to influence changes that would make digital
publications and data easier to use for research and innovation. If the library
community does not respond strongly, there is a risk that publisher pressure
could result in even less exceptions than there are now.
Full
details of the Consultation are available here: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2013/copyright-rules/index_en.htm
The
‘response wizard’ (link below) will automatically select questions
of most relevance, provide guidance for answering the questions, and submit
responses direct to the Commission.
Key questions of interest to library directors include:
· Should a hyperlink leading to a work be
subject to the authorisation of the rightholder?
· Have you experienced problems when
trying to use an exception to preserve and archive works?
· Have you experienced problems when
trying to negotiate agreements with rights holders that enable you to provide
remote access to your collections?
· Have you experienced obstacles, linked
to copyright, when trying to use text or data mining methods?
· Should the EU pursue the establishment
of a single EU Copyright Title, as a means of establishing a consistent
framework for rights and exceptions to copyright?
Useful links:
LIBER
quick user guide to responding to the consultation: http://www.libereurope.eu/copyrightconsultation
Automatic
Consultation Response Wizard : http://youcan.fixcopyright.eu/
The deadline for individual responses to the Consultation is
Wednesday 5th February and should be sent to [log in to unmask].
Thanks
and best wishes.
Ann
Ann
Rossiter
Executive
Director
Society
of College National and University Libraries (SCONUL)
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