Consultations on implementation of the new Directive are cancelled!
Ministry of Economic Development and Technology has, in the light of the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID 19) virus, cancelled the consultations on implementation of the Directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and the Directive 2019/789 on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes into Slovenian legislation.
Four consultations were supposed to be held on the premises of the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Education, Science and Sport over the next two weeks, between 18 March 2020 and 27 March 2020.
However, due to the virus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID 19) outbreak, the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology has cancelled all the consultations. Nevertheless, stakeholders are still invited to send their written observations regarding the implementation to gp.mgrt@gov.si until 31 March 2020. The observations will be posted on the Ministry’s website.
The cancellation notice can be found here.
The Internet Archive is a non-profit organization that maintains the Open Library, a digital library index, and is dedicated to preserving knowledge. As many of the works in the Internet Archive are under copyright, the Archive uses a system of controlled digital lending based on digital rights management to prevent unauthorized downloading or copying of copyrighted books. In March 2020, due to the circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internet Archive established the National Emergency Library, eliminating the waiting lists used in the Open Library and expanding access to books for all readers. In June 2020, the Emergency National Library faced a lawsuit from four book publishers and was ultimately closed.
The 43rd session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (hereinafter SCCR) made substantial progress on the issues advocated by the A2K Coalition (Access to Knowledge Coalition), which IPI is a member of. This year’s session was the most productive on the issues of exceptions and limitations. James Love (Knowledge Ecology International), a long-time observer at WIPO, described the outcome and the impact of the public interest community as the strongest since the conclusion of the Marrakech Treaty, which brought global copyright exceptions for the benefit of the blind and visually impaired.
Today, March 17, 2023, a symposium on law in the information society is taking place in the golden lecture hall of the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana. Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič will present copyright aspects of artificial intelligence at the symposium.
The third day of the 43rd session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is intended for discussion on the topic of exceptions and limitations to copyright, especially in connection with the right to research.