This is the final blog post in our series on trends in national copyright policy following the DSM implementation. With the national processes finalised in all but one Member State, we have analysed the transpositions to understand the impact of our proposals, identify areas of convergence and divergence, and assess how those affect the position […]
A fair and modern copyright framework is essential for an enabling European research environment. However, researchers often find that their access, use and reuse of resources essential to their activities is still limited by copyright and related rights. While, thanks to the 2019 DSM directive, they now benefit from a EU wide text and data […]
This article was first published on the Kluwer Copyright Blog on date 20/02/2024 When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. This must have been the key insight at the Polish Culture and National Heritage Ministry when the new administration took over and discovered that more than 2.5 years after the implementation deadline, Poland still had to […]
This is the fourth blog post in our series on trends in national copyright policy following the DSM implementation. With the national processes finalised in all but one Member State, we’re evaluating the transpositions to understand the impact of our proposals, identify areas of convergence and divergence, and assess how those affect the position of […]
This is the third entry to a series of blog posts highlighting the positive and negative trends in national copyright policy following the DSM implementation. With the implementation process finalised in 26 out of 27 Member States, we’re comparing the national implementations to understand the impact of our proposals, identify areas of convergence and divergence, […]
This is the second entry to a series of blog posts highlighting the positive and negative trends in national copyright policy following the DSM implementation. With the implementation process finalised in all but one Member State, we conducted a comparative analysis of the national implementations to understand the impact of our proposals, identify the areas […]
At the end of 2023, we organised a final salon on the implementation of the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market. Bulgaria had finally implemented the Directive, the second to last Member State to do so, and the moment seemed right to take stock of the implementation process one last […]
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. For those who were unable to attend or who would like to rewatch the event, the recording is now available: To kick off the festivities, Teresa Nobre […]
The phone lines are closed. The results are in. Twenty-five member states have implemented the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive. But who won the Eurovision DSM Contest? Who will be crowned as Europe’s new users’ rights champion? Participate in our virtual COMMUNIA salon on 12th of December, from 1500h to 1630 CET, to […]
A fifth round of the trilogue negotiations on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act is scheduled for October 24, 2023. Together with Creative Commons, and Wikimedia Europe, COMMUNIA, in a statement, calls on the co-legislators to take a holistic approach on AI transparency and agree on proportionate solutions. As discussed in greater detail in our Policy […]
