Panel 6 The Value of Copyright Exceptions and Limitations in the Information Society Why Exceptions and Limitations are Important for Libraries and Development Emilija Banionyte

Outline About eIFL.net and eIFL-IP Why exceptions and limitations are important for libraries and development Proposal by eIFL.net for basic, draft provisons on copyright

eIFL.net Global coalition of 48 national library consortia in transition and developing countries Middle East and North Africa South-East Asia Sub- saharan Africa Former Soviet Union Balkans EU

eIFL.net offers 6 programs Negotiating access to commercially available e- resources Supporting the creation of sustainable national library consortia Knowledge sharing and networking Promoting and advocating for free online availability of research literature (Open Access) Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for libraries Advocacy for Access to Knowledge: copyright and libraries

eIFL-IP Advocacy for Access to Knowledge: copyright and libraries goal to protect and promote interests of libraries and their users; network of library copyright specialists; training and build capacity in copyright issues for libraries; advocate for balanced national and international copyright laws.

Why exceptions and limitations are important for libraries and development ?

The role and mission of libraries is to collect, organise, preserve and make available the world’s cultural and scientific herritage for current and future generations without exceptions and limitations, copyright owners would have a complete monopoly over access to copyrighted materials

without E&L every reproduction and every communication to the public would be subject to permission and payment this is impractical both for libraries and their users and would threaten the core functioning of libraries librarians insist on continued applicability of E&L in the digital environment

international treaties contain flexibilities, yet they are not always used by developing countries (study by Consumers International, 2006) copyright laws of some developing countries are more restrictive than the copyright laws of industrialised countries

without access to information and knowledge education and training will be impossible in poor countries thus leaving these countries even further behind.

Absolute minimum provisions are: private purposes and research; translations and quotations; educational activities, especially in the electronic learning environment e.g. electronic course packs; libraries including backup and preservation, inter-library document supply; provision for orphaned works; contracts and TPMs must not override copyright

Proposal by eIFL.net for basic, draft provisons on copyright practical guide aimed at government policy makers advocacy tool for librarians to initiate dialogue with their copyright officials benchmark against which provisions in national copyright law can be measured

Our focus on: free uses only (E&L that are permitted by law) basic, minimum provisions only (countries may adopt as many exceptions and limitations as they need) Work is in progress, will be published in October 2008 and freely available at