I read that the EU copyright reform changes the rights regarding books that are no longer sold. It should become possible to publish them for non-commercial use (probably under conditions).
Is this correct? What are the prerequisites to do this?
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Sign up to join this communityI read that the EU copyright reform changes the rights regarding books that are no longer sold. It should become possible to publish them for non-commercial use (probably under conditions).
Is this correct? What are the prerequisites to do this?
The closest thing to what you're describing is the new rights granted to cultural heritage institutions described in Articles 8-11 of the new Copyright Directive (draft Articles 7-9). Note this doesn't apply to individuals, just cultural heritage institutions, which is defined by Article 2(3):
‘cultural heritage institution’ means a publicly accessible library or museum, an archive or a film or audio heritage institution;
I won't quote the articles in full since it's over 1000 words, but the main points are: