1. Copyright Issues in Managing Libraries and Archives Jørgen Blomqvist Director WIPO Copyright Law Division

2. Role of Libraries and archives collection preservation archiving, and dissemination of information and knowledge

3. Categories of Libraries publicly or privately funded commercial or non-profit accessible to the general public or only to a restricted group in strict sense or including archives, virtual libraries, museums or other information providers

4. Copyright Issues Reproduction of lost, stolen or out-of-print material Lending physical copies Transmission of electronic material to remote patrons Allowing patrons to make their own reproductions Document delivery or interlibrary loan service

5. International treaties Absence of a specific provision on exception for libraries and archives Article 9 (2) of the Berne Convention as basis for limitations in national legislation, such as –reproductions for private use –research and scientific purposes –preservation purposes in libraries and archives

6. National Laws (I) Japan: Article 31 of Copyright Law –non-profit making reproduction –research purposes of patron –single copy of a part of a work already made public –preservation –inter-library copies –nothing about remote transmission

7. National Laws (II) Australia: Amendment 2006 Article 49 and others –non commercial copies –3-step test –works non-commercially available: reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price –any library accessible to members of the public –reasonable portion is 10% of the work

8. National Laws (III) USA: Section 108 of Copyright Law –preservation, replacement and security –small portion of a work –non-commercial advantage –profit-making libraries are excluded –interlibrary loan service is restricted to the isolated and unrelated reproduction or distribution of a single copy –fair use

9. National Laws (IV) Europe: 2001 Copyright Directive Article 5 (2) –not for economic or commercial advantage –Germany, Belgium, France: non explicit –Austria, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom: set out specific exceptions –vary widely and remain unharmonized

10. Controversial issues (I) overridibility of exceptions by contract orphan works duration of copyright and public domain public lending right non-original databases protection

11. Controversial issues (II) TPM and DRMs technologies “click-on” or “shrink wrap” licenses digital delivery services digital loan to remote-location users interlibrary loans

12. WIPO’s work Studies and meetings –Studies on limitations and exceptions in the digital environment –Information meetings on digital content for the visually impaired and educational uses –DRM study on distance education and visually impaired –Study on limitations and exceptions for libraries Technical legal assistance to developing countries –needs of countries / implementation of treaties –model law on copyright and related rights SCCR new issue. Relationships with IFLA, EBLIDA, etc.

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