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Teresa Hackett, EIFL moderated a panel discussion on legal uncertainty and exposure to liability. Left to right: Martin Senftleben, University of Amsterdam, Michael Arentoft, European Commission, Annabelle Shaw, British Film Institute
22 Mar 2024
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, reports on a recent conference hosted by COMMUNIA on two important issues that create obstacles to the creation of a flourishing information ecosystem: exposure to legal liability by cultural heritage institutions for use of (...)
Members of the Access to Knowledge Coalition from Africa, Europe, North and South America at WIPO SCCR/44
20 Nov 2023
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, summarizes the key outcomes and achievements from WIPO’s copyright committee (SCCR/44) that met in Geneva from 6 - 8 November 2023. EIFL was joined at SCCR by civil society allies from the global coalition on Access to Knowledge (A2K (...)
Desmond Oriakhogba, Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, and Senior Lecturer, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, who presented EIFL's comments at the October 2021 Senate hearing on Nigeria’s Copyright Bill 2021 (Executive Bill).
26 Oct 2023
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
In March 2023, the President of Nigeria signed the Copyright Act, 2022 into law. EIFL’s analysis of the new law shows it to be one of the most progressive in the world with respect to libraries and library activities. Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, highlights the (...)
Teresa Hackett (EIFL) and colleagues holding copies of the Kenyan edition of ‘Getting Started. Implementing the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print disabilities’ during the launch ceremony.
31 Jul 2023
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, shares video highlights from a one-day workshop on Promoting Access to Knowledge (A2K) and the Right to Research (R2R) in Kenya, with representatives from the education, research, library and disability communities, as well as (...)
NGO delegates clapping and smiling as Marrakesh Treaty is adopted.
27 Jun 2023
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
On 27 June 2013, member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) adopted the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print disabilities. Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, looks back at this great achievement, examines the treaty’s take-up over the last (...)
25 Apr 2023
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, looks back at a major conference on the Right to Research that took place in South Africa in January 2023, and the practical and policy insights that were gained during the event. A major conference co-organized by EIFL, with national (...)
EIFL delegation at SCCR/43, left to right: Expert Advisor, Prof Anthony Kakooza, Teresa Hackett, Prof Dick Kawooya
17 Apr 2023
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, looks back at a great week at WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization). The 43rd session of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), that sets international copyright law and policy, took place in (...)