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Our newest Policy Paper #23 for a general scientific research exception is out!

In it, we advocate for a mandatory research exception that applies across the Union and covers all types of protected subject matter.

Read the full paper here: communia-association.org/2025/09/10/n...
👀 New Communia study, prepared by @centrumcyfrowe.bsky.social !

📃 Navigating Uncertainty: Legal Risk Awareness and Management in European Museums - available now! 🥳
communia-association.org/2025/11/05/n...
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Last week, @justusdreyling.bsky.social joined @informationlabs.org to talk about the upcoming #ERA Act!
We call for a secondary publication right for publicly funded research and a mandatory, open and flexible exception for research!
🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/896317d7
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7-s...
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
COMMUNIA submitted a response to the consultation on the Digital Fairness Act (DFA).
We call for the DFA to address the fairness of licensing practices for digital creative works as a critical concern for user rights!

🧐 Read our full submission on our blog:
communia-association.org/2025/10/27/s...
Submission to the open consultation on the Digital Fairness Act
Last week, COMMUNIA submitted its response to the open consultation on the Digital Fairness Act. While many of the issues addressed in the proposed Act extend beyond our core mandate, we wish to highl...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Is it time to give the 5th Freedom its breakthrough?
In our #5thFreedom series, @justusdreyling.bsky.social shows how the #ERA Act can make knowledge flow freely—unlocking faster science, stronger innovation & a more competitive Europe.
🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/896317d7
📺 youtu.be/y7-sf2OvnFU
October 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Our October newsletter is out, featuring:
🔸 Our (P)review of the DSM Directive
🔸 We signed the Open Heritage Statement
🔸 Our response to the European Innovation Act cobsultation
🔸 Italian investigation on scholastic publishing

Read now 🧐: mailchi.mp/communia-ass...

Sign up ✍️: eepurl.com/g8TTvT
October 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Article 8 of the DSM Directive held a great promise:
The path towards a shared collective memory - a vast decentralised digital library and archive.

Yet clearly, this hasn't materialised.

What went wrong? And more importantly, how can we fix it?

Find out: communia-association.org/2025/10/21/t...
The failure of Article 8 DSM
With Article 8 of the DSM Directive, we imagined lowering the barriers for a shared collective memory. Now, just before the European Commission starts a review of the DSM Directive we can take stock. ...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We’ve signed the Open Heritage Statement to support a global call for equitable access to public domain heritage in the digital environment.

Join us by adding your signature:
openheritagestatement.org

#OpenHeritageStatement
@creativecommons.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🤖 Italy has updated its copyright law to address the surge of AI!

Read our latest blog post by COMMUNIA member Deborah De Angelis to learn more about the main changes:
communia-association.org/2025/10/01/i...
Italy updates its copyright law to address AI
On September 18, 2025, the Italian Senate definitively approved the country’s first comprehensive framework law on AI. The new law also reflects Italy’s commitment to aligning its domestic legal syste...
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October 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
📢 The video of our latest COMMUNIA Salon on the right to e-lend is now online!

Experts explored legal barriers, unfair licensing practices & solutions to empower libraries in the digital world.

#elending #copyright #libraries

🎥 Watch here: communia-association.org/2025/09/29/v...
September 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
⏰ One week to go! ⏰

On Wednesday, September 24, 15:00-16:00 CEST, we host an online Salon on the right to e-lend! Find out what’s stopping libraries from properly lending e-books and what we can do about it. 📚

Register now ✍️: mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
September 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our September newsletter is out, featuring:
🔸 Policy paper for a general scientific research exception
🔸 Our response to the ERA Act consultation
🔸 Our upcoming salon on the right to e-lend

Read now 🧐: mailchi.mp/communia-ass...

Sign up ✍️: eepurl.com/g8TTvT
September 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
COMMUNIA submitted a response to the call for evidence on the ERA Act!

We strongly support the completion of the ERA and thus call for an EU-wide secondary publishing right and a mandatory general research exception.

🧐 Read our full submission on our blog:
communia-association.org/2025/09/11/s...
September 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Our newest Policy Paper #23 for a general scientific research exception is out!

In it, we advocate for a mandatory research exception that applies across the Union and covers all types of protected subject matter.

Read the full paper here: communia-association.org/2025/09/10/n...
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🤔What’s stopping libraries from lending e-books like they lend physical copies?
And what policy solutions exist to ensure they can fulfil their public mission?

To learn more, join us on September 24, 15:00 CEST, for our online Salon on the right to e-lend!

📝Register: mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
September 2, 2025 at 8:05 AM
COMMUNIA has a new board! Our members elected:
🔸 paulk.bsky.social, Co-founder and Policy Director of openfuture.bsky.social
🔸Maja Bogataj Jančič, Founder and Director of the Intellectual Property Institute
🔸 majadrabczyk.bsky.social, Chair of the Board at ‪ centrumcyfrowe.bsky.social‬
August 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
In June, the Danish government together with a number of opposition parties jointly proposed the establishment of a safeguard against the sharing of digital imitations by amending the Copyright Act.

Read our comments on the proposed law: communia-association.org/2025/08/21/c...
COMMUNIA's submission to the Danish consultation on the proposal for introducing protection against digitally generated imitations in copyright law
In June 2025, the Danish government together with a number of opposition parties have jointly proposed the establishment of a safeguard against the sharing of digital imitations by amending the Copyri...
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August 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The EU General-Purpose AI Code of Practice is finally out! But is it worth the wait? ⌛

For an assessment of the copyright-related measures, see our latest blog post (by Teresa Nobre):
communia-association.org/2025/07/21/o...
Our thoughts on the final version of the GPAI Code of Practice
The EU General-Purpose AI Code of Practice is finally out (download the copyright chapter as a PDF file). The Code of Practice—drafted by independent experts with input from over 1,000 stakeholders—sh...
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July 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Our July newsletter is out, featuring:
🔸Policy paper on AI-generated outputs
🔸Our reaction to the EP INI on copyright and GenAI
🔸Recording of our "cashing in twice" salon
Read now 🧐: mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
Sign up 📝: eepurl.com/g8TTvT
July 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Update on a puzzling case involving the Italian Cultural Heritage Code! 🧩

Last month, the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart confirmed that the law cannot be enforced outside of Italy.

Read more about the decision (@justusdreyling.bsky.social ) 👇
communia-association.org/2025/07/10/h...
Higher regional court of Stuttgart confirms territoriality of Italian cultural heritage code
On June 11th, the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart largely upheld the 2024 decision of the Regional Court of Stuttgart, confirming that the Italian Cultural Heritage Code cannot be enforced outside ...
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July 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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⏰ Today, CDT Europe, together with 51 experts, academics & civil society organisations, sent an open letter to the European Commission to express our concerns regarding the forthcoming Digital Simplification package, which could include revisiting the AI Act.

👇🏻 Read the full letter on our website:
Open Joint Letter against the Delaying and Reopening of the AI Act
CDT Europe, alongside the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), European Digital Rights (EDRi) and the European Centre for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL), co-drafted a letter signed by 52 civil society or...
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July 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🗼Paris calling ☎️

COMMUNIA is currently at the INSPIRING ERA Exchange on EU Copyright & Data Access Rights for Research in the Age of #AI in Paris.

🗣️From 12:10 our Legal Director Teresa Nobre will share our position on General AI models in service of Open Science

Come up and say hi😉
July 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The EU should not consider new exclusive rights for AI-generated outputs that are not copyrightable.

Policy paper #22 - published today - explains COMMUNIA's stance on this subject and why we renew our call for the introduction of a registration mechanism:

communia-association.org/2025/07/08/n...
July 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The EP's own initiative report on #copyright and #GenAI is out!

Our positive takeaways:
🔸fair remuneration for creators
🔸central opt-out register
🔸public domain status of non-original AI outputs

Initial concerns:
🔸challenges AI Act interpretation on AI training
🔸measures on infringing outputs
A first look into the JURI draft report on copyright and AI
Last week saw the first draft of the long-anticipated own-initiative report on copyright and generative artificial intelligence authored by Axel Voss for the JURI Committee (download as a PDF file). T...
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July 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Earlier this month we hosted our Salon on the French proposal to tax second-hand books🍿

If you were unable to make it or would like to rewatch, the recording is now available!
communia-association.org/2025/06/18/v...
June 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🎁A small present for all our Polish-speaking friends:
Our Digital Knowledge Act publication is now available in a translated version! 🥳

Say cześć to "Akt w sprawie Wiedzy Cyfrowej dla Europy" at the link below:
communia-association.org/publication/...
June 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM