Double loss for the Quebec literary community
It’s the end for the World Book and Copyright Day and the Académie des lettres du Québec. The federal government’s decision to withdraw funding was a fatal blow in both cases. Founded in 1944, the Académie des lettres du Québec shut down after almost 75 years of activities. What’s more, World Book and Copyright Day will no longer be celebrated in Quebec after nearly 25 years. It was a pleasure for Copibec to take part in that project as a member of the steering committee.
Read the article in Le Devoir (in French).
Good year for the Montreal Book Fair
Attendance at this year’s edition of the Salon du livre de Montréal was up by 1,000 from last year, despite the early snow! The book fair brought together more than 120,000 people, about 900 publishers and even a few politicians. It just goes to show that literature can still attract crowds.
Read the article by TVA (in French).
French organizations accuse Google of disinformation
In a press release that referred to a massive, unprecedented disinformation campaign and unacceptable user manipulation, about 30 French copyright collectives, professional associations and television networks came together to speak out against Google’s attempts to get content users to fight the adoption of Article 13 and neighbouring rights.
Read the press release from SACEM (in French).
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