Peter Suber reports that the EU has taken another step forward with its ambitious digitization program. Where is a much-needed Canadian strategy backed by government support?
EU Pushes Forward with Digitization Program
August 27, 2006
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The EU was disappointingly timid in taking the UK to task over its term of protection for unpublished works, an issue that several contributors to the EU process (yours truly included). However, given that the digitization program specifically mentions unpublished works, hopefully Gowers will address the issue in his report.