Study on copyright limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives
By: prepared by Kenneth Crews
Contributors: World Intellectual Property Organization. Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
Publisher: World Intellectual Property Organization
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Subjects: Copyright; Library legislation; Library copyright policies
Description: Available in English, French, and Spanish.

This study provides an overview of the nature and diversity of statutory provisions in the copyright law of the 184 countries that are members of the World Intellectual Property Organization. The study gathers library exceptions from nearly all WIPO countries and provides and insightful and analytical overview of the law.
Notes: At head of title: Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, Seventeenth Session, Geneva, November 3 to 7, 2008.

Title from title screen (viewed on November 13, 2008).

"SCCR/17/2."

"Original: English."

"August 26, 2008."

Includes bibliographical references.

Mode of access: Internet.

Document available in French and Spanish on website.