Find here all 37 events hosted by COMMUNIA with a video recording.
In July we held the third virtual edition of our COMMUNIA Salon. This edition focussed on the recent German proposal to implement Article 17 of the DSM Directive and included contributions by John Henrik Weitzmann (Wikimedia Deutschland), Felix Reda (Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte), Martin Husovec (London School of Economics) and Paul Keller (COMMUNIA). If you have […]
After the success of the first virtual COMMUNIA salon we held a follow-up event on Thursday, the 18th of June, focussing on the role of the now mandatory exceptions and limitations for quotation, criticism, review, caricature, parody and pastiche in the context of the implementation of Article 17 of the DSM directive. Special attention was […]
In light of the process of implementation of the new Copyright Directive speeding up in various countries (see our Implementation Tracker), COMMUNIA has decided to organize a series of webinars aimed at explaining the different provisions of the new Copyright Directive and making suggestions on what to advocate for during the implementation process of those […]
On the first anniversary of the entry into force of the Copyright in the DSM Directive, we held the first virtual edition of our COMMUNIA Salon. During the event we presented an overview of the implementation status in the EU member states, zoomed in on various legislative proposals to implement Articles 15 and 17 of […]
The 2018 version of CopyCamp took place on October 5th and 6th in Warsaw. For the past 6 years, CopyCamp has been a place for interesting, insightful and engaging discussions about copyright in the EU. Every year an international, interdisciplinary group of artists, experts, scientists, and activists meets to exchange experience, and show that this […]
On the 11th of April the high-level international conference “A better copyright for quality higher education and research in Europe and beyond”, organised by ETUCE with partnership of European Federation of Education Employers (EFEE) and the COMMUNIA network was held in the Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre. The conference offered the opportunity to discuss and […]
Communia hosted its first salon, bringing together activists, academics and policy makers to discuss challenges on the intersection of creativity, value creation and copyright in the online environment to provide a longer term perspective that looks beyond the discussions around the proposed DSM directive. One that in our opinion does not provide a convincing answer […]
Communia organised the European Copyright Action Days from 19-21 march in Brussels. During these days we highlighted the broad opposition of civil society, libraries, the users industry and many others concerning the restrictive aspects of the copyright reform proposal. During these days activists convened in Brussels to discuss with lawmakers and advocate for a more […]
COMMUNIA organised an event in the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Marietje Schaake (ALDE) on copyright reform for education. We wanted to share one important voice often overlooked in the copyright reform, that of the educator. What is the type of copyright exception that we need to support 21st century education? We heard from practitioners, […]
Can we make copyright serve users better? We asked several copyright policy experts from civil society organisations for their view on the current copyright reform: what are the biggest hopes, the biggest fears and their concrete plans to improve the current copyright regime to fit our digital society?
