Restrictive copyright laws create legal barriers to using resources for education, research and socio-economic development. This can have significant consequences for people who use libraries in developing and transition economy countries, where the ability to produce and use knowledge is a major factor in development.

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NEWS

In a public consultation on Thailand’s draft copyright law, EIFL welcomed a proposed (...)
EIFL has written to the National Assembly, one of South Africa’s two Houses of (...)
Senegal adopted its current Copyright Act in 2008. EIFL’s review of the law shows (...)

BLOG

Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, summarizes the key (...)
In March 2023, the President of Nigeria signed the Copyright Act, 2022 into law. (...)
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, shares video (...)

EVENTS

Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, will moderate a (...)
EIFL-IP IN ACTION
Library services in Poland enter the twenty-first (...)
EIFL advocates for an international copyright fram (...)
EIFL supports adoption of the Marrakesh Treaty for (...)