Poland: New Copyright Law Heralds New Era for Libraries
From EIFL:
The new Polish Copyright Act [link in Polish] enters into force on 20th November 2015 bringing library services in Poland into the twenty-first century.
Major new provisions enabling digitization for socially beneficial purposes, such as education and preservation of cultural heritage, are the centrepiece for libraries of the new law.
The law also implements two European Directives introducing public lending right in Poland and enabling the use of orphan works (in-copyright works where the copyright holder cannot be identified or found to obtain permission), as well as an EU Memorandum of Understanding on the use of works that are no longer commercially available.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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