Find here all 46 events hosted by COMMUNIA with a video recording.
On 13 October, from 14:00 to 15:00 CEST, we invite you to take a deep dive into the French “Rodin case,” a long-running dispute centred on a deceptively simple question: Should 3D scans of cultural heritage objects in the Public Domain be available for reuse, including commercial reuse? The case began in 2018, when American […]
The EU is reopening copyright. Can it deliver the changes that we need? Join us on Wednesday, 7 October, at 15:00 CEST for a special online salon on the European Commission’s new copyright initiative. We will offer our first take on the recently opened public consultation, examine what is on the table and make the […]
How can public-interest actors exercise the rights granted to them by copyright exceptions when legal uncertainty makes relying on them increasingly difficult? To answer this, seemingly simple, question, COMMUNIA brought together policymakers, researchers, Public AI developers and cultural heritage professionals in Brussels for the event Copyright Liability and the Knowledge Ecosystem. You can now watch […]
Seven years after its adoption, the DSM Directive is undergoing its scheduled review. The European Commission is assessing whether the Directive has met its objectives and whether reform is needed. At COMMUNIA, we have asked ourselves the same questions – and presented our findings during our latest COMMUNIA Salon. The event, moderated by Paul […]
On 5 February, COMMUNIA co-organised the Conference on the Secondary Publication Right at the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon alongside, among others, Knowledge Rights 21 and the Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists and Information and Documentation Professionals. The conference featured speakers from the European Commission, UNESCO as well as academic experts. During the event, a […]
To mark the Public Domain Day 2026, we invite you to join on 15 January either in person at the Royal Library of Belgium or online for a full-day event. Like every year, on the 1st of January, many heritage works entered the Public Domain as their term of copyright protection expired. To celebrate the […]
On 24 September, COMMUNIA hosted the third Salon of 2025 on the right to e-lend. The event brought together experts to examine the legal obstacles standing in the way of digital lending and discuss policy solutions for empowering libraries in the digital environment. A video recording of the event is now available through Vimeo. […]
On June 4th, COMMUNIA hosted the webinar “Cashing in Twice – The Extension of Resale Right in the Second-Hand Book Market in France.” The event brought together a group of experts to discuss the problematic implications of a French legislative proposal for taxing the resale of second-hand books. A video recording of the event is […]
On May 12, we hosted an online salon on the unfair practices that have become commonplace in licensing negotiations between rightholders and libraries in the public and academic sectors. The video recording is available below and through our Vimeo channel. To kick things off, COMMUNIA Legal Director Teresa Nobre presented our report Unfair licensing […]
On January 1st of every year, new heritage works enter the public domain. Unfortunately, oftentimes these works can still end up being inaccessible to the public, despite the fact that, legally speaking, nothing should prevent public access. In order to share experiences and best practices in opening up this material, we co-organise the annual Public […]
