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Discussions with rightowners and other players |
The players in the
digital information chain
EBLIDA dialogue with rightowner representatives
The Frankfurt Group
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Links. Documents and statements/rightowner organisations
In the print environment, the publication chain is traditionally composed of authors (as producers), publishers (as distributors) and libraries and archives (to systematically collect and preserve). Booksellers, collecting societies and subscription agents play supporting roles in maintaining the chain.
In the digital environment, these roles are evolving and are not necessarily the same. For example, authors can act as distributors (self-publishing), publishers can hold the archives (libraries and archives purchase access) and libraries and archives can themselves become producers. The role of collecting societies is changing with issues of multi-media rights clearance and subscription agents are becoming cross-platform aggregators of information.
In addition, the print and digital environments will continue to co-exist for some time to come. This gives rise to challenges for the information community, especially in the academic and research fields, as they adapt to this new hybrid publishing world.
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EBLIDA believes that it is important to have contact with rightholder representatives, on a formal and informal basis. This is becoming increasingly important as the roles of libraries and archives, authors, publishers and subscription agents and collecting societies change in response to technical developments, new distribution channels and opportunities to offer new services. Dialogue can lead to consensus on contentious issues, as well as identifying areas of joint co-operation.
Here are some examples of EBLIDA discussions with rightowner representatives.
TECUP project. Strategy Advisory Group
The aim of the project was to identify and analyse the new business models for the distribution, use and archiving of electronic products from different types of content owners and involving different types of libraries. The Strategy Advisory Group was composed of representatives from the players in the information chain, including national, academic and commercial libraries, authors, STM and academic publishers and subscription agents. The aim of the Strategy Advisory Group was to identify common issues and to build a consensus.
The work of the TECUP strategy group has continued with the Frankfurt Group.
Memorandum of Understanding and Towards consensus on the electronic use of publications in libraries. Strategy issues and recommendations (Göttingen 2001, Göttinger Bibliotheksschriften 14) are available at:
CELIP project. Steering group meeting with rightholders
The CELIP steering group meet with rightholder representatives in Prague in June 2001. The purpose of the meeting was to initiate a dialogue on recent European developments concerning the purchase of electronic material by libraries and to discuss the issues faced by libraries in Central and Eastern European countries. The meeting was attended by representatives from IFRRO/FEP Brussels, Martinus Nijhoff Bulgaria, Blackwell Science UK, VG Wort, Germany, DILIA, the Czech collecting society as well as Infobalt, a copyright agency from Lithuania.
EBLIDA attended an IFLA/IPA meeting in The Hague in April 2001 as an observer and is kept informed of developments by IFLA
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Frankfurt Group. Consensus Forum for academic and research information
The Frankfurt Group is a follow-on from the EU funded TECUP Strategy Advisory Group. The Frankfurt Group is a platform for the different players in the academic information and publication field looking for consensus on key issues concerning electronic use of publications on libraries. Members include publishers (ALPSP, STM), libraries (EBLIDA, LIBER), information centres (INIST), authors (EWC), rights organisations (KOPIOSTO, VG Wort, IFRRO) and subscription agents (ASA).
Issues currently under discussion are a lobby action for VAT on electronic information (See also VAT on electronic information), digital rights management systems and retrodigitisation.
The Frankfurt Group meets 4-6 times a year.
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Documents and statements
TECUP Memorandum of Understanding (2001) (pdf file)
TECUP Towards consensus on the electronic use of publications in libraries.
Strategy issues and recommendations (2001) (pdf file)
EBLIDA/ECUP/STM
Joint Statement on incidental digitisation and storage of STM print journal
articles (1998)
Rightowner and related organisations
Association of Subscription Agents (ASA)
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
European Association of Directory and Database Publishers (EADP)
European Booksellers Federation (EBF)
European Federation of Magazine Publishers (FAEP)
European Newspaper Publishers' Association (ENPA)
European Publishers Council (EPC)
European Writers' Congress
(EWC)
Federation of European Publishers (FEP)
International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers
(STM)
International Federation of the Phonogram Industry (IFPI)
International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO)
International Publishers Association (IPA)
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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