New copyright directive adopted in Europe
In a majority vote on September 12, 2018, the European Union adopted the copyright reform that it had initially rejected in July. One of the directive鈥檚 provisions is that Web giants such as Google will be required to compensate copyright owners for sharing their content.
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脡ditions Qu茅bec Am茅rique and Bor茅al team up for book distribution
Publishers Qu茅bec Am茅rique and Bor茅al have purchased distributor Dimedia. With this joint acquisition, they are ensuring the continued existence of the fourth largest distributor in Quebec.
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Copyright: protection goes from 50 to 70 years after the death of the creator
We still don't know when and how this new directive will be applied. However, the Coalition pour la diversit茅 culturelle, the Union des 茅crivaines et des 茅crivains qu茅b茅cois and the Association nationale des 茅diteurs de livres welcome this news.聽
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