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COMMUNIA Policy Director. Protecting the Public Domain.
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communia
24 days ago
Our latest report by
@justusdreyling.bsky.social
on the EU’s out-of-commerce works framework is out! It identifies key barriers to the practical application of Article 8 of the DSM Directive — limiting online access to cultural heritage online.
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communia
25 days ago
Missed our Salon on the DSM review last week or would like to rewatch? 👀 Good news! The recording is now available! 🎥 Watch it on our website:
communia-association.org/2026/05/11/v...
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Video recording of COMMUNIA Salon: The DSM Review
Last week, COMMUNIA hosted a Salon on the upcoming review of the DSM Directive. The recording is now available.
https://communia-association.org/2026/05/11/video-recording-of-communia-salon-the-dsm-review/
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communia
26 days ago
How does copyright uncertainty affect research, libraries, and public-interest AI development in Europe❓ On 1 June at 14:00 CEST, join us in Brussels at TownHall Europe for a discussion on legal risk and liability in the knowledge ecosystem. Register now:
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My colleague put a lot of work into this extremely comprehensive analysis - check it out:
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communia
about 2 months ago
📣With the Commission's DSM review just around the corner, the future of EU copyright rules is on the table! 💡 Join the conversation at our upcoming COMMUNIA Salon on 7 May 2026 Register now:
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communia
3 months ago
🗳️After months of negotiations, the European Parliament has adopted the Voss report on
#AI
and
#copyright
. The final text includes a few improvements, but the overall outcome remains disappointing: 🔸Problematic provisions on press publishers’ content 🔸An overall lack of coherence 🔽 Our reaction
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communia
3 months ago
📊 Our 2025 Annual Report is out! Over the past year, COMMUNIA continued working to strengthen the
#PublicDomain
and improve
#accesstoknowledge
and
#culture
across Europe. Learn more about our impact and read it here 👇
communia-association.org/2026/03/05/c...
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communia
3 months ago
Our February newsletter is out, featuring: 🔸All aboard the Digital Omnibus - direction unknown 🔸The EP's report on copyright and genAI 🔸News from ITRE in anticipation of the ERA Act 🧐 Read now:
mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
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communia
4 months ago
🎉We had a great time co-hosting this year's Public Domain Day in Brussels. In case you couldn't join us or if you simpy want to reminisce, an overview of the day as well as the recordings are now available on our blog. 👀Have a look:
communia-association.org/2026/02/05/l...
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Looking back at the European Public Domain Day 2026
On 15 January, we celebrated the Public Domain Day 2026 at the Royal Library of Belgium, bringing together advocates, academics and practitioners from a variety of backgrounds.
https://communia-association.org/2026/02/05/looking-back-at-the-european-public-domain-day-2026/
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communia
4 months ago
The social cost of TPMs goes far beyond rightsholders’ interests and slows innovation! The DSM review must finally address this issue and halt the ecological damage TPMs cause for open knowledge systems. 🔽📄Learn more in our guest blogpost by Kristofer Erickson
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communia
4 months ago
🚨 The JURI Committee has adopted the INI report on copyright & generative AI. The outcome leaves legal uncertainty for researchers and public-interest AI developers. Plenary vote in March. 👉 Full analysis (
@justusdreyling.bsky.social
and Leander Nielbock):
communia-association.org/2026/01/28/i...
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INI on copyright and generative AI: After the vote
Today, the JURI Committee adopted Axel Voss’s own-initiative report on copyright and generative AI. The report still contains ambiguities and problematic language that risk creating legal uncertainty,...
https://communia-association.org/2026/01/28/ini-on-copyright-and-generative-ai-after-the-vote/
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communia
4 months ago
🚨 JURI vote on copyright & generative AI coming up on Wednesday (28 Jan)! Our assessment of Axel Voss’s INI: ▶️ some improvements ▶️ but still major flaws 👉 The Committee should reject the report, or at least fix its most glaring mistakes. 👇Full analysis:
communia-association.org/2026/01/26/i...
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INI on copyright and generative AI: Final assessment and recommendation
The INI on copyright and generative AI will be put to a Committee vote this week. Although framed as a response to legitimate questions around AI and copyright, the proposal suffers from serious short...
https://communia-association.org/2026/01/26/ini-copyright-genai-final-assessment/
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Camille Françoise
5 months ago
And the ✨ European Public Domain Day ✨ has started!
#EPDD26
We are very excited to launch the event with Bart Magnus from Meemoo. Today, that's not only our conference, it is also the Wikipedia 2️⃣ 5️⃣ th Birthday 🎂
#Wikipedia25
📄 Check the program of the conference:
www.pdday.org/events/europ...
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communia
5 months ago
This week, we submitted our response to public consultation on the European Research Area (ERA) Act! The consultation remains open until 23 January 2026 — make your voice heard, too! 📢 Our response:
communia-association.org/2026/01/13/s...
Link to the questionnaire:
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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Submission to the open consultation on the ERA Act
Yesterday, we submitted our response (PDF file) to the public consultation questionnaire on the European Research Area (ERA) Act. The ERA Act, which the European Commission is expected to introduce to...
https://communia-association.org/2026/01/13/submission-to-the-open-consultation-on-the-era-act/
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communia
6 months ago
🎄🎁Our December newsletter is out, featuring: 🔸The Digital Omnibus' impact on open projects 🔸Our work at WIPO 🔸News from France & Italy 🔸Public Domain Day 2026 🔸An update on the INI on Copyright & GenAI 🧐Read now:
mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
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The
#DigitalOmnibus
Proposal sets out to fold the Open Data Directive into the Data Act. This isn't problematic in itself, but there's one change that's a real headache for open advocates. Read my assessment on the COMMUNIA blog:
communia-association.org/2025/12/05/t...
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6 months ago
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communia
6 months ago
Why do European museums shy away from exhausting the possibilities available under the copyright framework? Find out in our new study, prepared by
@centrumcyfrowe.bsky.social
: 📃 Navigating Uncertainty: Legal Risk Awareness and Management in European Museums 🧐Read it at the link in the comments
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communia
6 months ago
Our November newsletter is out, featuring: 🔸 Our new study on navigating legal uncertainty in European museums 🔸 ERA Act and DFA consultations 🔸 Our contribution to a
@verfassungsblog.de
series on the DKA Read now🧐:
mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
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communia
7 months ago
Europe is standing at a critical moment for its digital future. COMMUNIA joins a diverse coalition calling on the EU to champion open source as the foundation for true European Digital Sovereignty. Our 5-point plan for the European tech ecosystem:
assets.mozilla.net/pdf/Open_Let...
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communia
7 months ago
👀 New Communia study, prepared by
@centrumcyfrowe.bsky.social
! 📃 Navigating Uncertainty: Legal Risk Awareness and Management in European Museums - available now! 🥳
communia-association.org/2025/11/05/n...
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information labs
7 months ago
Oct 2025 information labs recap 🔗
www.linkedin.com/pulse/octobe...
⇒
#5thFreedom
with
@eesc.bsky.social
's Dr Paul Rübig &
@communia.bsky.social
's
@justusdreyling.bsky.social
⇒
#DigitalSovereignty
reflections ⇒ 3-part post on
#GenAI
, copyright &
#TDM
⇒ ‘F’ for EC
#DigitalNetworksAct
impact assessment
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communia
7 months ago
Last week,
@justusdreyling.bsky.social
joined
@informationlabs.org
to talk about the upcoming
#ERA
Act! We call for a secondary publication right for publicly funded research and a mandatory, open and flexible exception for research! 🎧
share.transistor.fm/s/896317d7
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7-s...
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communia
7 months ago
COMMUNIA submitted a response to the consultation on the Digital Fairness Act (DFA). We call for the DFA to address the fairness of licensing practices for digital creative works as a critical concern for user rights! 🧐 Read our full submission on our blog:
communia-association.org/2025/10/27/s...
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Submission to the open consultation on the Digital Fairness Act
Last week, COMMUNIA submitted its response to the open consultation on the Digital Fairness Act. While many of the issues addressed in the proposed Act extend beyond our core mandate, we wish to highl...
https://communia-association.org/2025/10/27/submission-to-the-open-consultation-on-the-digital-fairness-act/
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KnowledgeRights21
8 months ago
#5THFREEDOM
: NEW CAPSULE! For
@justusdreyling.bsky.social
(
@communia.bsky.social
) the free circulation of knowledge = faster scientific progress, more innovation & a stronger Europe 📺
youtu.be/y7-sf2OvnFU
🎧
share.transistor.fm/s/896317d7
A KR21 collab with
@informationlabs.org
#ERA
#Science4EU
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Justus Dreyling
information labs
8 months ago
Is it time to give the 5th Freedom its breakthrough? In our
#5thFreedom
series,
@justusdreyling.bsky.social
shows how the
#ERA
Act can make knowledge flow freely—unlocking faster science, stronger innovation & a more competitive Europe. 🎧
share.transistor.fm/s/896317d7
📺
youtu.be/y7-sf2OvnFU
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communia
8 months ago
Article 8 of the DSM Directive held a great promise: The path towards a shared collective memory - a vast decentralised digital library and archive. Yet clearly, this hasn't materialised. What went wrong? And more importantly, how can we fix it? Find out:
communia-association.org/2025/10/21/t...
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The failure of Article 8 DSM
With Article 8 of the DSM Directive, we imagined lowering the barriers for a shared collective memory. Now, just before the European Commission starts a review of the DSM Directive we can take stock. ...
https://communia-association.org/2025/10/21/the-failure-of-article-8-dsm/
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communia
8 months ago
📢 The video of our latest COMMUNIA Salon on the right to e-lend is now online! Experts explored legal barriers, unfair licensing practices & solutions to empower libraries in the digital world.
#elending
#copyright
#libraries
🎥 Watch here:
communia-association.org/2025/09/29/v...
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KnowledgeRights21
9 months ago
1/ EXCITED FOR TODAY'S
@communia.bsky.social
15H CEST E-LENDING SALON! A timely event examining what prevents libraries from thriving in the digital age, based on their own findings & recommendations, and through the lens of recent & upcoming KR21 research 🔗
communia-association.org/event/commun...
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COMMUNIA Association - COMMUNIA Salon: The right to e-lend
https://communia-association.org/event/communia-salon-the-right-to-e-lend/
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communia
9 months ago
⏰ One week to go! ⏰ On Wednesday, September 24, 15:00-16:00 CEST, we host an online Salon on the right to e-lend! Find out what’s stopping libraries from properly lending e-books and what we can do about it. 📚 Register now ✍️:
mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
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Fundacja Centrum Cyfrowe
9 months ago
Don't miss the upcoming
@communia.bsky.social
Salon, in which Konrad Gliściński will present key findings from our recent study on secure digital lending in European libraries, commissioned by
@knowledgerights21.org
! 🗓️ Sept. 24, 15:00 CEST 👉 Register here: 🔗
mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
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communia
9 months ago
🤔What’s stopping libraries from lending e-books like they lend physical copies? And what policy solutions exist to ensure they can fulfil their public mission? To learn more, join us on September 24, 15:00 CEST, for our online Salon on the right to e-lend! 📝Register:
mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
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communia
10 months ago
COMMUNIA has a new board! Our members elected: 🔸
paulk.bsky.social
, Co-founder and Policy Director of
openfuture.bsky.social
🔸Maja Bogataj Jančič, Founder and Director of the Intellectual Property Institute 🔸
majadrabczyk.bsky.social
, Chair of the Board at
centrumcyfrowe.bsky.social
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communia
11 months ago
The EU General-Purpose AI Code of Practice is finally out! But is it worth the wait? ⌛ For an assessment of the copyright-related measures, see our latest blog post (by Teresa Nobre):
communia-association.org/2025/07/21/o...
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Our thoughts on the final version of the GPAI Code of Practice
The EU General-Purpose AI Code of Practice is finally out (download the copyright chapter as a PDF file). The Code of Practice—drafted by independent experts with input from over 1,000 stakeholders—sh...
https://communia-association.org/2025/07/21/our-thoughts-on-the-final-version-of-the-gpai-code-of-practice/
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Dimi Zagorski
11 months ago
The Danish government is suggesting to amend its copyright to add: 1. A general protection against realistic, digitally generated imitations of personal characteristics. 2. An imitation protection for performers. The deadline for comments is 21 August 2025:
hoeringsportalen.dk/Hearing/Deta...
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Høring over forslag til lov om ændring af lov om ophavsret (Indførelse af en præstationsbeskyttelse og beskyttelse mod digitalt genererede efterligninger mv.)
https://hoeringsportalen.dk/Hearing/Details/70269
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Dimi Zagorski
11 months ago
German toymaker Ravensburger used the Vitruvian Man, copyright long expired, on a jigsaw puzzle. Italy claimed that its Cultural Heritage Code extends protection, even beyond Italy. A German court now ruled against this.
@justusdreyling.bsky.social
from
@communia.bsky.social
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Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart confirms territoriality of Italian Cultural Heritage Code
On June 11th, the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart largely upheld the 2024 decision of the Regional Court of Stuttgart, confirming that the Italian Cultural Heritage Code cannot be enforced outside ...
https://communia-association.org/2025/07/10/higher-regional-court-of-stuttgart-confirms-territoriality-of-italian-cultural-heritage-code/
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communia
11 months ago
Our July newsletter is out, featuring: 🔸Policy paper on AI-generated outputs 🔸Our reaction to the EP INI on copyright and GenAI 🔸Recording of our "cashing in twice" salon Read now 🧐:
mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
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11 months ago
Update on a puzzling case involving the Italian Cultural Heritage Code! 🧩 Last month, the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart confirmed that the law cannot be enforced outside of Italy. Read more about the decision (
@justusdreyling.bsky.social
) 👇
communia-association.org/2025/07/10/h...
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Higher regional court of Stuttgart confirms territoriality of Italian cultural heritage code
On June 11th, the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart largely upheld the 2024 decision of the Regional Court of Stuttgart, confirming that the Italian Cultural Heritage Code cannot be enforced outside ...
https://communia-association.org/2025/07/10/higher-regional-court-of-stuttgart-confirms-territoriality-of-italian-cultural-heritage-code/
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Justus Dreyling
communia
11 months ago
The EU should not consider new exclusive rights for AI-generated outputs that are not copyrightable. Policy paper #22 - published today - explains COMMUNIA's stance on this subject and why we renew our call for the introduction of a registration mechanism:
communia-association.org/2025/07/08/n...
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Internet Archive Europe
11 months ago
📢 Catch
@archive.org
@justusdreyling.bsky.social
@informationlabs.org
at
#LIBER2025
! 🗓 July 4 | 🕚 11AM | 📍Lausanne Panel: “Four Rights for Libraries” Moderated by Jeff Ubois Let’s protect libraries’ rights to collect, preserve, lend & cooperate in the digital era.
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Internet Archive Europe Joins LIBER 2025 Panel on “Four Rights for Libraries” - Internet Archive Europe
Join us at LIBER for “Four Rights for Libraries”, a vital panel on how library rights are being constrained in the digital age—and what we can do to restore them.
https://www.internetarchive.eu/internet-archive-europe-joins-liber-2025-panel-on-four-rights-for-libraries/
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In case you missed our Salon on this misguided proposal from France, read
@cmfrancoise.bsky.social
's summary on our blog or watch the recording at the link below:
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communia
about 1 year ago
🎁A small present for all our Polish-speaking friends: Our Digital Knowledge Act publication is now available in a translated version! 🥳 Say cześć to "Akt w sprawie Wiedzy Cyfrowej dla Europy" at the link below:
communia-association.org/publication/...
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Justus Dreyling
communia
about 1 year ago
⏰Last chance to register! Wednesday, June 4 - 13:00 CEST, we will host an online Salon on the French legislative proposal to tax second-hand book sales, and the damage this could cause to access to
#culture
and the
#PublicDomain
! Register now:
communia-association.org/event/commun...
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Justus Dreyling
communia
about 1 year ago
⏰ Reminder: 1 week to go! Next week, on Wednesday, June 4, 13:00 CEST, we will host an online salon on the French legislative proposal to tax second-hand book sales, and the damage this could cause to access to
#culture
and the
#PublicDomain
! Register now:
communia-association.org/event/commun...
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Justus Dreyling
communia
about 1 year ago
Our May newsletter is out, featuring: 🔸Our report on unfair licensing practices 🔸Upcoming Salon on second-hand book sales in France 🔸Submission on combating online piracy of live events Read now 🧐:
mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
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communia
about 1 year ago
🤔What’s the future of second-hand books sales? Proposed legislation in France creates a tax on second-hand books. But who pays the price? Join us on June 4, 13:00 CEST, for our online Salon on second-hand books,
#copyright
and the
#PublicDomain
! 📝Register:
communia-association.org/event/commun...
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Justus Dreyling
communia
about 1 year ago
Last week we hosted our Salon on unfair licensing practices🍿 If you were unable to make it or would like to rewatch, the recording is now available!
communia-association.org/2025/05/20/v...
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communia
about 1 year ago
🤔What does France’s proposed tax on second-hand books mean for access to culture and the Public Domain? Join us on June 4, 13:00 CEST, for our online Salon on second-hand books,
#copyright
and the
#PublicDomain
! 📝Register here:
mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
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Justus Dreyling
communia
about 1 year ago
Yesterday we published our report: 📄Unfair licensing practices: the library experience Libraries are suffering from a great power imbalance vis-à-vis rightholders, which threatens their public service mission. Read the report here:
communia-association.org/publication/...
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communia
about 1 year ago
It is out! Today, we're publishing our latest report: 📄Unfair licensing practices: the library experience Learn about the obstacles faced by licensing managers in negotiating licenses for public and academic libraries and how it threatens access to knowledge.
communia-association.org/publication/...
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Weiterhin erreichen die meisten in der EU produzierte Filme und Serien kein gesamteuropäisches Publikum - aufgrund von Geoblocking. Woran das liegt und welche Lösung wir als
@communia.bsky.social
vorschlagen, durfte ich heute für den
@tspbackground.bsky.social
Digitalisierung & KI aufschreiben:
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about 1 year ago
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