Why Europe needs a Digital Knowledge Act

On October 2nd, from 1500h to 1700h, COMMUNIA is hosting an in-person event on why Europe needs a Digital Knowledge Act at TownHall Europe, Brussels.

We will bring together academics, representatives of civil society and EU policymakers to discuss legislative measures that would enable knowledge institutions, such as libraries, universities and other research organisations, to fulfil their public mission in the digital age. A detailed agenda and full list of speakers will follow soon but we are already excited to share that we will be joined by Brigitte Vézina (Creative Commons), Bernd Justin Jütte (University College Dublin, Sutherland School of Law), Justus Dreyling (COMMUNIA), Martin Senftleben (University of Amsterdam), Paul Keller (Open Future/COMMUNIA) and Teresa Nobre (COMMUNIA).

At the event, we will cover the following issues:

1. access to public sector documents and public speeches;
2. access to publicly funded research and a unified research exception;
3. a right to use cultural heritage in the Public Domain;
4. an EU-wide right to e-lend;
5. a limitation of liability for knowledge institutions; and
6. measures to address refusals to license and unfair licensing practices.

We invite all participants to stay for a networking reception.

If we have already peaked your interest, register now!

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