infoJustice

SIGN THE COPYRIGHT BILL, EIFL URGES NIGERIAN PRESIDENT

[Electronic Information for Libraries] EIFL has written to the President of Nigeria, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, requesting that he sign the Copyright Bill 2022 (SBs. 688 & 769) into law at the earliest opportunity. The Bill, which was passed by the National Assembly on 22 July 2022, overhauls and modernizes Nigeria’s copyright system. It supports the use of works in the digital environment to help foster a creative, technology-friendly ecosystem, and introduces new exceptions for libraries, education and people with disabilities.

Israel Ministry of Justice Issues Opinion Supporting the Use of Copyrighted Works for Machine Learning

[Jonathan Band] The Israel Ministry of Justice has issued an important opinion concluding that the use of copyrighted materials in the machine learning (ML) context is permitted under existing Israeli copyright law. In particular, the opinion found that ML typically will fall within the scope of the Israel Copyright Act’s fair use provision. The opinion thus adds to the growing body of law around the world permitting the use of copyrighted works for ML and text and data mining (TDM).