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 communityThe 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: