WIPO SCCR Side Events Offer Models For E-Lending, Music

By Maëli Astruc for Intellectual Property Watch

The International Publishers Association (IPA) held a side event at the World Intellectual Property Organization on 1 July to present new business models related to e-book lending. And separately, WIPO has launched an update of a guide to making a living from music.

The demand for e-books is rapidly increasing, but publishers have long been reluctant to propose e-lending solutions to librarians, concerned by security issues and potential negative effect on sales.

But new business models and secure e-lending have been developed since, mostly based on licensing agreements. A panel comprised of Demis Zvirn, founder and CEO of Numilog, Daniela Manole, a Brazilian publisher, André Mybirgh, legal counsel at the STM Publishers Association, and Jens Bammel, secretary general of IPA in Geneva, presented business models and publishers’ concerns so as an IPA publication [pdf] on e-lending solutions developed in four countries.

Separately, WIPO launched on 4 July the second edition of a publication [pdf] entitled, “How to Make a Living from Music” written and presented by David Stopps with opening remarks by Trevor Clarke, assistant director general for copyright at WIPO. This publication provides tools to help music artists to enter into the music market, notably through copyright and related rights.