Abstract
Copyright transformation in the digital world is going ahead. The paper describes new European initiatives in copyright regulation, particularly those that exert influence on information market and the work of libraries and other cultural heritage institutions as well as educational establishments. New European directive on copyright officially called The Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market allows for broader use of in -copyright material online and across borders within the European Union for the purpose of education, research and cultural heritage preservation. The Directive simplifies digitization and distribution of out-of-commerce works and gives legal certainty to online use of copies of works of art that are in the public domain. One of the Directive articles gives libraries, archives and museums the right to make digital copies of copyright-protected works in their collections but exclusively for preservation purpose and to the extent necessary for preservation. These important reforms incorporate copyright limitations and exceptions in European legislation and open the way to mass digitization projects in European libraries. The paper also briefly describes LIBER (The Association of European Research Libraries) activities to promote short-term and long-term provisions in international and national copyright legislation to take into account public interests during healthcare, environmental and economic crises.
Highlights
Copyright transformation in the digital world is going ahead
That is why we turn to the subject of copyright in the digital world again and again, when planning library activities in serving digital customers
The Internet that since the start has been used for information dissemination and exchange, and other rapidly emerging and developing digital technologies created a public demand for immediate, wide and preferably free access to information – and the open access concept is spreading and the number of copyright exceptions and limitations is growing in the world; on the other hand, right holders express dissatisfaction with these trends as they undermine the economic basis of their business
Summary
Copyright transformation in the digital world is going ahead. The paper describes new European initiatives in copyright regulation, those that exert influence on information market and the work of libraries and other cultural heritage institutions as well as educational establishments. Step in transforming European legislation in online digital environment was the European directive on copyright adopted in 2019 and introduced in national laws two years later when, by the way, United
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