Chris Downer / Wimborne Minster: later books in the chained library / CC BY-SA 2.0 This two-part blog looks at the provisions that exist in library laws across European countries concerning the building of collections and what libraries can do with them. It then assesses how far the achievement of these mandated functions is frustrated … Read more
Chris Downer / Wimborne Minster: later books in the chained library / CC BY-SA 2.0 This two-part blog looks at the provisions that exist in library laws across European countries concerning the building of collections and what libraries can do with them. It then assesses how far the achievement of these mandated functions is frustrated … Read more
Photo by Gilles Lambert on Unsplash On the 10th of April 2025, new rules came into force as part of Elon Musk’s crackdown on impersonation accounts on X (formerly known as Twitter). Under these rules, any account that impersonates, parodies, or caricatures another comes under two requirements: first, that their username must begin with a … Read more
Image by Sebastian Nikiel from Pixabay This series of posts presents the implementation of the CDSM Directive in Poland and discusses some of the controversies linked to the new provisions in Polish law. The first post gave an overview of the implementation, including the new provisions on TDM and the implementation of Article 17 of … Read more
This blogpost is part of a series marking the publication of the fourth edition of the book Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights, edited by Daniel Gervais and João Pedro Quintais. The blogpost provides a short presentation of the authors’ chapter with the same title. Given rapid and far-reaching changes due to digitalization, … Read more