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By Paul Biba

From the Kopinor site:

logo_en.gifOn the World Book and Copyright Day, Kopinor and the National Library of Norway signed a contract regarding a pilot project for digital books on the Internet.
Through the project, called Bokhylla.no (’Bookshelf’), the library will make all Norwegian books from the 1790s, 1890s and 1990s available on the Internet.

All titles from the 1990s and some titles from the 1890s – together approx. 50.000 books – are under copyright. These books will not be prepared for print or download, but will be made available to Norwegian IP-addresses. The licensing agreement will be supported by the Extended Collective License.

The Bookshelf project will be launched in May, with 10.000 books under copyright. More books will be introduced in 2009–10, and the project will continue until the end of 2011.

For those who are interested in who, or what, Kopinor is, take a look after the break:
From the Kopinor site:

Kopinor was established on 30 of April 1980. Membership is in principle open to any association representing copyright holders of published works. Today Kopinor has 23 member organisations – 6 publishers’ associations and 17 authors’ associations. This broad representation is the backbone of Kopinor, and allows Kopinor to offer licenses in regard of photocopying of published works (reprographic reproduction) to users based on a portfolio of rights to all relevant types of works.

Kopinor is empowered by its member organisations to negotiate and conclude collective agreements on copying and digital use of copyright protected works in all areas of society. Since 1980 Kopinor has collected more than NOK 3 billion in reprographic fees.

By law or through bilateral agreements with Reproduction Rights Organisations in other countries, Kopinor also represents foreign rightsholders. Today, Kopinor collects for more than 80 % of the copyright protected material photocopied in Norway.

 
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