Today the international publishing community mourns for past IPA President, Alain Gründ, who passed away on the evening of 14 July—he was 83 years old. Alain lived with his wife, Monique, in Louveciennes, 20 km west of Paris, France. We send her our profound condolences.
Book recommendations dealing with the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be part of the 2022/23 round of the national German book trade's reading competition. The reading competition joins the growing number of SDG Book Club initiatives around the world.
At the International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities on 21-22 June, IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, gave a keynote speech entitled ‘Publishing as Essential, Critical Infrastructure, or Who’s Afraid of AI?’
On June 22, the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice decided in favour of copyright owners, in a lawsuit brought by over 80 publishers, music and film producers, as well as collective management associations against the Mexican law on libraries, which allowed libraries to lend and make available digital copies of books and other copyrighted works obtained through the obligation of legal deposit. The law further required publishers to deposit books in formats that would allow libraries to provide such accesses to users and prevented copyright owners from protecting their works with technological protection measures.
The final day of this SCCR began with the Chair recognising a cloud of fatigue in the room and encouraging delegates to press on through the day to finish the week.
Day 4 of this 42nd meeting of the SCCR picked up exactly where Day 3 left off, with discussions on exceptions and limitations and observer organisations continuing their statements.
Day 3 of SCCR 42 opened with further discussion and analysis of the new text on the broadcasting treaty with the afternoon reserved for discussions on exceptions and limitations.
