The proposed instrument is to have certain minimum goals that are relevant to information professionals, including eliminating barriers to trade in information service activities.
BY LESLEY ELLEN HARRIS
Two law professors, P. Bernt Hugenholtz of the University of Amsterdam and Ruth L. Okediji of the University of Minnesota, recently issued their final report recommending a new international legal instrument on limitations and exceptions to copyright. The report reflects the input of copyright experts who participated in a workshop sponsored by the Open Study Institute. As the authors note, limitations and exceptions amount to mechanisms of access to copyright-protected materials, and are of practical importance to librarians and others who are interested and involved in the dissemination of knowledge.
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