Find here all 31 other publications issued by COMMUNIA.
In April 2026, COMMUNIA convened an online meeting with practitioners from the cultural heritage sector to examine persistent obstacles related to the making available of out-of-commerce works under Article 8 of the Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive). Seven participants from six Member States (Austria, Germany, […]
This report analyses how Member States have implemented key user rights provisions of the Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive). The report is accompanied by a database of the national legislative sources underpinning the report’s findings. By examining national implementation across the European Union, the report […]
This one-pager outlines highlights the opportunity presented by the the Digital Omnibus to improve fair access, competition, and public re-use of digitised cultural resources from European collections. The Open Data Directive was meant to limit the duration of exclusive arrangements for the digitisation of European cultural heritage by commercial actors, but its reliance on review […]
At the 47th session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), the African Group tabled a proposal for an instrument on limitations and exceptions aimed at supporting education, research, cultural heritage, and access for persons with disabilities. This analysis compares the Proposal on L&Es Prepared by the African Group (SCCR/47/5) with selected […]
This report covers COMMUNIA’s activities between January 1, 2025 to November 30, 2025. This corresponds to the third reporting period for our structural grant from Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, which started in July 2022. 2025 marks a consolidation phase for COMMUNIA’s work at the European level. Building on the […]
This one-pager outlines the issues present within the Commission proposal for a Digital Omnibus. As it stands, the changes foreseen to the Open Data Directive would likely prompt public sector bodies to abandon open licences and adopt conditional licences, making these sources difficult or impossible to re-use in open projects and to combine with data […]
This analysis explores how museums perceive and manage exposure to legal risks, with a particular focus on copyright and intellectual property in the context of cultural heritage. These legal fears arise from a potential improper or unauthorized use of collection materials, often involving issues like copyright infringement when fulfilling their public interest mission (when organising […]
This is the Polish version of our brochure A Digital Knowledge Act for Europe. In this publication, we lay out our ideas for a Digital Knowledge Act – a targeted legislative intervention that enables libraries, archives, universities and other knowledge institutions to offer the same services online as offline. The translation was done by COMMUNIA […]
This is the French version of our brochure A Digital Knowledge Act for Europe. In this publication, we lay out our ideas for a Digital Knowledge Act – a targeted legislative intervention that enables libraries, archives, universities and other knowledge institutions to offer the same services online as offline. The translation was done by COMMUNIA […]
In February 2025, COMMUNIA invited licensing managers from public and academic libraries across Europe to a meeting in Brussels to share their experiences in licensing digital resources for education, research and community development. This report details the obstacles identified by the licensing managers during the meeting. In addition to the experiences of licensing managers, the […]
