European Copyright User Platform continues for a second three-year phase
The European Copyright User Platform (ECUP) project, financed under the "Libraries" sector of the Community's Telematics Applications programme, has received approval for a further three years' funding. The second phase of ECUP (ECUP II), set up by the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA), started on 15 January 1996. It will follow-up the results achieved under the first contract, but will also extend its scope to the establishment of a Copyright Focal Point for members of EBLIDA and other participants in "Libraries" projects. Four specific actions are foreseen under ECUP II: - Meetings will be organised with representatives of right-holders organisations and collecting societies, in order to discuss library privileges in electronic services and model licensing clauses defined by the Steering Group. As a result of these meetings the Steering Group intends to define legislative recommendations for library privileges in electronic services to be lobbied for with national legislators; - Workshops will be held to increase awareness of copyright issues among librarians and to present the positions reached at the above-mentioned meetings; - A Copyright Focal Point will be set up which will aim to function as a "one stop shop" for European copyright developments. The focal point will, notably, deliver the following services: . A moderated discussion list on European copyright issues; . Consultancy; . Access, via WWW, to documents on European copyright law and legislation in preparation.