A A A About IFRRO Membership Business Development Development & Operations Communications/Publications Cooperation Issues Activities IFRRO, the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations, is the main international network of collective management organisations and creators’ and publishers’ associations in the text and image spheres. We work to protect and enable easy legal access to copyright material. EU Collective Rights Management Directive published in the EU Official Journal Last updated on: Thu, 20/03/2014 - 16:22 The EU Collective Rights Management Directive was published on 20 March 2014 in the EU Official Journal, acquiring the official title of “Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market”. Read more Viacom and Google settle U.S. copyright lawsuit against YouTube Last updated on: Thu, 20/03/2014 - 13:52 Google and Viacom jointly announced on 18 March 2014 that they agreed to settle a seven-year long litigation, in which Viacom accused YouTube of allowing its users to upload copyrighted content. Read more German legislation on orphan and out-of-commerce works Last updated on: Mon, 17/03/2014 - 17:23 On 1 January 2014, the new German law on orphan and out-of-commerce works came into force. Read more Francis Gurry wins Committee vote for next Director General of WIPO Last updated on: Thu, 06/03/2014 - 20:15 On 6 March 2014, the Coordination Committee of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) nominated by consensus Mr. Francis Gurry for a second six-year term as Director General of WIPO. Read more COPIBEC: New Licensing Agreements with Education Ministry and other organisations Last updated on: Thu, 06/03/2014 - 10:45 A new licensing agreement with the ministry of education, recreation and sports, allows teaching personnel in Quebec elementary and high schools to make copies of excerpts from works that will be converted into digital formats. The new agreement therefore complements the existing agreement that was limited to print format copying. This agreement demonstrates that the Quebec Education Ministry values the work done by authors and publishers. Read more CCC launches MOOC licensing solution Last updated on: Thu, 06/03/2014 - 09:48 U.S. IFRRO member CCC recently launched a new content licensing solution, providing a simple, cost effective way to use published content in course materials. Designed specifically for academic Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), this easy-to-use solution makes it possible to include published content in course readings. MOOCs are large virtual classrooms that are accessed online by students worldwide and that are often sponsored by leading academic institutions of higher education. Read more French Constitutional Council upholds French Law on out-of-print books Last updated on: Mon, 03/03/2014 - 16:04 On 28 February 2014, the highest Constitutional authority in France confirmed that Law 2012-287 allowing for the digitisation and making available of protected out-of-print books is consistent with the French Constitution. Read more Swedish RRO Bonus Copyright Access and Association of Swedish Higher Education sign new licence agreement Last updated on: Mon, 03/03/2014 - 10:16 Since January 2014, there is a new licence agreement between the Swedish RRO, Bonus Copyright Access and SUHF (The Association of Swedish Higher Education). The new agreement increases the possibilities for both students and teachers to copy and share copyright protected material both in paper and electronic forms. More information is available here. Read more IFRRO makes submission to UK Public Consultation “Copyright works: Seeking the lost” Last updated on: Fri, 28/02/2014 - 15:50 The UK Government launched a consultation on draft secondary legislation for both the UK orphan works licensing scheme and the transposition of the EU Directive on certain permitted uses of orphan works (2012/28/EU). Full details of the consultation can be found at: http://www.ipo.gov.uk/pro-policy/consult/consult-live/consult-2014-lost.htm IFRRO’s complete comments to the UK consultation are available here (attached) Read more Creation of a RRO in Serbia Last updated on: Fri, 28/02/2014 - 10:40 A RRO has been created in Serbia on 25 February 2014. Founding members are the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Serbia, the Novelists Association of Serbia, the Literary Society of Serbia, the Literary Translators Association of Serbia and the Association of Scientific and Technical Translators of Serbia. 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