Find here all 42 events hosted by COMMUNIA with a video recording.
On 6th of March, from 1500h to 1700h, COMMUNIA hosted the “Unlocking Knowledge Conference” at Town Hall Europe, which brought together academics, representatives of civil society and EU policymakers to discuss how to enable knowledge institutions to play a bigger part in creating a flourishing information ecosystem. Agenda 15:00-15:10: Opening remarks by Teresa Nobre and […]
On December 12th, we celebrated the Eurovision DSM Contest Afterparty, reviewing the implementation of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive in (almost) all EU member states. To kick off the festivities, Teresa Nobre provided a holistic overview of the DSM Directive’s implementation across the EU, highlighting a few best- (and worst) practices before […]
COMMUNIA and Wikimedia Deutschland hosted a presentation and discussion of the book “Chokepoint Capitalism” with author Rebecca Giblin on June 27, 2023 in Berlin. The labour markets for creatives have been taken over by Big Tech and Big Content. How can we take them back and ensure that creative workers are paid fairly? Rebecca Giblin, […]
COMMUNIA and reCreating Europe hosted the joint expert workshop “Copyright Flexibilities: mapping, explaining, empowering”, which took place in a hybrid format at the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Information Law (IViR) and on Zoom on September 21st, 2022, from 09:00 to 17:00 CEST. At the workshop, three websites/databases tracking the status of users’ rights and […]
COMMUNIA and Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte co-hosted the conference “Filtered Futures: Fundamental Rights Constraints of Upload Filters after the CJEU Ruling on Article 17 of the Copyright Directive” on September 19th, 2022, at Robert Bosch Stiftung in Berlin. The recording of the conference webstream is available below and through COMMUNIA’s Vimeo account. The CJEU decision on […]
On Tuesday, the 31st of May 2022, COMMUNIA presented twenty new policy recommendations that will guide our association’s work for the next decade. We brought together fellow activists, academics, policy makers and other stakeholders from across the copyright policy spectrum in Brussels to celebrate the occasion. Our new policy recommendations build on the principles of […]
Communia hosted a virtual salon to discuss the implications of the highly anticipated CJEU decision on Article 17 and what it means for the national implementations of Article 17. The Court’s judgement in case C-401/19 marked an important moment in the discussions about Article 17 as it provides more clarity on the European Commission’s implementation […]
In this COMMUNIA Salon, we explored the future of the sui generis database right and how this right should evolve in the context of the proposed Data Act. For this edition we were joined among others by Krzysztof Nichczynski (DG Connect, European Commission) who presented the European Commission’s rationale for the Data Act, Martin Husovec […]
COMMUNIA and Wikimedia Deutschland held a panel discussion to discuss whether the new mandatory exceptions in the EU Copyright Directive could serve as a model to solve some of the most pressing international-level problems around education and research.
COMMUNIA organised a special lunch edition Salon to analyze the Opinion that CJEU Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe issued on Case C-401/19, the Polish request to annul Article 17 of the CDSM directive. His Opinion finds that Article 17 is compatible with the freedom of expression and information guaranteed in Article 11 of the Charter of […]
