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Justus Dreyling
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COMMUNIA Policy Director. Protecting the Public Domain.
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👀 New Communia study, prepared by @centrumcyfrowe.bsky.social !

📃 Navigating Uncertainty: Legal Risk Awareness and Management in European Museums - available now! 🥳
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November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Oct 2025 information labs recap
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#5thFreedom with @eesc.bsky.social's Dr Paul Rübig & @communia.bsky.social's @justusdreyling.bsky.social
#DigitalSovereignty reflections
⇒ 3-part post on #GenAI, copyright & #TDM
⇒ ‘F’ for EC #DigitalNetworksAct impact assessment
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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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!
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October 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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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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#5THFREEDOM: NEW CAPSULE!
For @justusdreyling.bsky.social (@communia.bsky.social) the free circulation of knowledge = faster scientific progress, more innovation & a stronger Europe
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A KR21 collab with @informationlabs.org
#ERA #Science4EU
October 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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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.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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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
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📢 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
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1/ EXCITED FOR TODAY'S @communia.bsky.social 15H CEST E-LENDING SALON!
A timely event examining what prevents libraries from thriving in the digital age, based on their own findings & recommendations, and through the lens of recent & upcoming KR21 research
🔗 communia-association.org/event/commun...
COMMUNIA Association - COMMUNIA Salon: The right to e-lend
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September 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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⏰ 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
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Don't miss the upcoming @communia.bsky.social Salon, in which Konrad Gliściński will present key findings from our recent study on secure digital lending in European libraries, commissioned by @knowledgerights21.org!

🗓️ Sept. 24, 15:00 CEST
👉 Register here:
🔗 mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
🤔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 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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🤔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
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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
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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
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The Danish government is suggesting to amend its copyright to add:
1. A general protection against realistic, digitally generated imitations of personal characteristics.
2. An imitation protection for performers.

The deadline for comments is 21 August 2025: hoeringsportalen.dk/Hearing/Deta...
Høring over forslag til lov om ændring af lov om ophavsret (Indførelse af en præstationsbeskyttelse og beskyttelse mod digitalt genererede efterligninger mv.)
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July 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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German toymaker Ravensburger used the Vitruvian Man, copyright long expired, on a jigsaw puzzle. Italy claimed that its Cultural Heritage Code extends protection, even beyond Italy.
A German court now ruled against this.

@justusdreyling.bsky.social from @communia.bsky.social has the write-up:
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 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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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...
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July 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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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 ) 👇
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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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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:

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July 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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📢 Catch @archive.org @justusdreyling.bsky.social @informationlabs.org at #LIBER2025!
🗓 July 4 | 🕚 11AM | 📍Lausanne
Panel: “Four Rights for Libraries”
Moderated by Jeff Ubois
Let’s protect libraries’ rights to collect, preserve, lend & cooperate in the digital era.
Internet Archive Europe Joins LIBER 2025 Panel on “Four Rights for Libraries” - Internet Archive Europe
Join us at LIBER for “Four Rights for Libraries”, a vital panel on how library rights are being constrained in the digital age—and what we can do to restore them.
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June 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In case you missed our Salon on this misguided proposal from France, read @cmfrancoise.bsky.social's summary on our blog or watch the recording at the link below:
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!
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June 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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🎁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:
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June 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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⏰Last chance to register!
Wednesday, June 4 - 13:00 CEST, we will host an online Salon on the French legislative proposal to tax second-hand book sales, and the damage this could cause to access to #culture and the #PublicDomain!
Register now: communia-association.org/event/commun...
June 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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⏰ Reminder: 1 week to go!

Next week, on Wednesday, June 4, 13:00 CEST, we will host an online salon on the French legislative proposal to tax second-hand book sales, and the damage this could cause to access to #culture and the #PublicDomain!

Register now: communia-association.org/event/commun...
May 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Our May newsletter is out, featuring:
🔸Our report on unfair licensing practices
🔸Upcoming Salon on second-hand book sales in France
🔸Submission on combating online piracy of live events

Read now 🧐: mailchi.mp/communia-ass...
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May 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM