Paul Keller
@paulk.bsky.social
Director of Policy at Open Future, President of the COMMUNIA association for the Public Domain. Advocate for more open, just & inclusive digital policies in 🇪🇺 & beyond. Collector of collateral knowledge, © nerd, cyclist.
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Don't forget to check the CommonsDB project, a public domain and openly licenced works registery www.commonsdb.org
CommonsDB
We are building a public registry for Public Domain and openly licensed works
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January 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Don't forget to check the CommonsDB project, a public domain and openly licenced works registery www.commonsdb.org
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Interested in the European Commission's consultation on TDM rights protocols closing 23 January? Our new policy brief by @paulk.bsky.social examines how AI opt-outs evolved in 2025, proposes four principles for a shared vocabulary layer, and provides timely context.
openfuture.eu/publication/...
openfuture.eu/publication/...
January 16, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Interested in the European Commission's consultation on TDM rights protocols closing 23 January? Our new policy brief by @paulk.bsky.social examines how AI opt-outs evolved in 2025, proposes four principles for a shared vocabulary layer, and provides timely context.
openfuture.eu/publication/...
openfuture.eu/publication/...
in the midst of all the chaos I took the train to Warszawa and arrived right on time: blog.voyantes.net/kind-train-g...
meanwhile...
blog.voyantes.net
January 8, 2026 at 8:41 PM
in the midst of all the chaos I took the train to Warszawa and arrived right on time: blog.voyantes.net/kind-train-g...
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The proposed Digital Omnibus would allow public bodies to charge tech giants different fees for reusing public data. @paulk.bsky.social examines where this works—and where it adds unnecessary complexity—addressing the Paradox of Open and its implications for open data. openfuture.eu/blog/opennes...
Openness, Power, and the Paradox of Open Data in the Digital Omnibus – Open Future
The Digital Omnibus goes beyond technical fixes—the EU is finally acknowledging the Paradox of Open. Differentiated charging makes sense. Weakening standard licensing risks fragmentation.
openfuture.eu
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The proposed Digital Omnibus would allow public bodies to charge tech giants different fees for reusing public data. @paulk.bsky.social examines where this works—and where it adds unnecessary complexity—addressing the Paradox of Open and its implications for open data. openfuture.eu/blog/opennes...
when all of NL is in a #winter meltdown, but you have to get to Warsaw and the train gods like you. Bravo @deutschebahn.com!
January 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM
when all of NL is in a #winter meltdown, but you have to get to Warsaw and the train gods like you. Bravo @deutschebahn.com!
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The new Agentic AI Foundation (OpenAI, Google, Microsoft...) will set rules for how AI agents access data. Wikimedia's voice is missing. If this is about the public interest, the digital commons must have a seat at the table. More in the latest from @alek.bsky.social: openfuture.eu/blog/why-wik...
December 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The new Agentic AI Foundation (OpenAI, Google, Microsoft...) will set rules for how AI agents access data. Wikimedia's voice is missing. If this is about the public interest, the digital commons must have a seat at the table. More in the latest from @alek.bsky.social: openfuture.eu/blog/why-wik...
This new impulse paper proposes a framework to help cultural heritage institutions balance their commitment to open access with the increasing AI-driven demand on their collections and infrastructure. ↘️
🏛️How should cultural heritage institutions share data in the age of AI? Our new paper with @europeana.bsky.social explores when heritage data should be available for AI training. Part of the Alignment Assembly on Culture for AI. Read more: openfuture.eu/publication/...
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This new impulse paper proposes a framework to help cultural heritage institutions balance their commitment to open access with the increasing AI-driven demand on their collections and infrastructure. ↘️
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@paulk.bsky.social Keller @openfuture.bsky.social read the GEMA v. OpenAI judgment. In his view, the judgment reaffirms the TDM exceptions enable AI training—provided the training doesn’t lead to memorization. openfuture.eu/blog/g... #AI
GEMA v OpenAI: Memory is Fragile. Garbage Lasts Forever. – Open Future
GEMA's lawsuit against OpenAI has reignited the debate about AI training and copyright. This post examines the relationship between AI training and the TDM exceptions.
openfuture.eu
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
@paulk.bsky.social Keller @openfuture.bsky.social read the GEMA v. OpenAI judgment. In his view, the judgment reaffirms the TDM exceptions enable AI training—provided the training doesn’t lead to memorization. openfuture.eu/blog/g... #AI
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🇪🇺 The EU has the legal tools to build public AI—but uncertainty is holding it back. Article 3 of the CDSM Directive lets research organizations & libraries train models on accessible works.
Read @paulk.bsky.social’s latest analysis for more: openfuture.eu/blog/leverag...
Read @paulk.bsky.social’s latest analysis for more: openfuture.eu/blog/leverag...
Leveraging Article 3 of the CDSM Directive to build public AI models – Open Future
Article 3 of the CDSM Directive allows EU research organizations and libraries to train AI models on copyrighted works. This analysis explores how this legal framework enables public AI development.
openfuture.eu
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🇪🇺 The EU has the legal tools to build public AI—but uncertainty is holding it back. Article 3 of the CDSM Directive lets research organizations & libraries train models on accessible works.
Read @paulk.bsky.social’s latest analysis for more: openfuture.eu/blog/leverag...
Read @paulk.bsky.social’s latest analysis for more: openfuture.eu/blog/leverag...
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First EU ruling on AI training: TDM exceptions apply, but models can't memorize copyrighted works. Court draws line between learning and leakage, leaving key questions on opt-outs and memorization thresholds. Read @paulk.bsky.social latest: openfuture.eu/blog/gema-v-...
GEMA v OpenAI: Memory is Fragile. Garbage Lasts Forever. – Open Future
GEMA's lawsuit against OpenAI has reignited the debate about AI training and copyright. This post examines the relationship between AI training and the TDM exceptions.
openfuture.eu
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
First EU ruling on AI training: TDM exceptions apply, but models can't memorize copyrighted works. Court draws line between learning and leakage, leaving key questions on opt-outs and memorization thresholds. Read @paulk.bsky.social latest: openfuture.eu/blog/gema-v-...
I have been a paid subscriber to @404media.co since pretty much day 1. Easily the best $100 you can spend on the internet. Yesterday I accidentally heard their podcast with ads—I’d probably pay $100 just to avoid those cringe-worthy things alone.
July 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I have been a paid subscriber to @404media.co since pretty much day 1. Easily the best $100 you can spend on the internet. Yesterday I accidentally heard their podcast with ads—I’d probably pay $100 just to avoid those cringe-worthy things alone.
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📝 Voss's draft report on copyright & AI shows irony: questions his own framework only to circle back to it. His focus on remuneration and transparency offers pathways to a more sustainable information ecosystem.
Read @paulk.bsky.social’s analysis: openfuture.eu/blog/licensi...
Read @paulk.bsky.social’s analysis: openfuture.eu/blog/licensi...
Licensing, Levies, and the Limits of Copyright – Open Future
MEP Axel Voss questions his own copyright framework while offering insights on remuneration and transparency for AI.
openfuture.eu
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
📝 Voss's draft report on copyright & AI shows irony: questions his own framework only to circle back to it. His focus on remuneration and transparency offers pathways to a more sustainable information ecosystem.
Read @paulk.bsky.social’s analysis: openfuture.eu/blog/licensi...
Read @paulk.bsky.social’s analysis: openfuture.eu/blog/licensi...
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📄 New White Paper: "Beyond AI & Copyright: Funding a Sustainable Information Ecosystem."
@paulk.bsky.social examines how AI impacts information control, argues for public AI models, and proposes a levy system on commercial AI services to support the digital commons.
openfuture.eu/publication/...
@paulk.bsky.social examines how AI impacts information control, argues for public AI models, and proposes a levy system on commercial AI services to support the digital commons.
openfuture.eu/publication/...
Beyond AI and copyright – Open Future
This White Paper calls for a levy on commercial AI systems to fund public infrastructures and ensure a sustainable Digital Knowledge Commons in the generative AI era.
openfuture.eu
June 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
📄 New White Paper: "Beyond AI & Copyright: Funding a Sustainable Information Ecosystem."
@paulk.bsky.social examines how AI impacts information control, argues for public AI models, and proposes a levy system on commercial AI services to support the digital commons.
openfuture.eu/publication/...
@paulk.bsky.social examines how AI impacts information control, argues for public AI models, and proposes a levy system on commercial AI services to support the digital commons.
openfuture.eu/publication/...
This destroyed so much more than just that. in the years before the ministry experimented funding for social media initiatives(as in media produced by civil society). this initiative (de digitale pioniersregeling was also abruptly killed.
My niche contribution to the ongoing Platerkerk discourse is that, in 2009, the Dutch media ecosystem was under immense pressure due to the Global Financial Crisis and the rise of digital platforms. The Brikman Commission found that the sector needed 12 million euros per years to survive...
June 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This destroyed so much more than just that. in the years before the ministry experimented funding for social media initiatives(as in media produced by civil society). this initiative (de digitale pioniersregeling was also abruptly killed.
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The first part of CommonsDB Feasibility Study—by @paulk.bsky.social, @culturedoug.bsky.social, @posth.me, @jpquintais.bsky.social, @theflyinglawyer.bsky.social, and Thomas Margon—anticipates launching the first public version of the registry after summer.
Download: openfuture.eu/publication/...
Download: openfuture.eu/publication/...
CommonsDB Feasibility Study: Building the Future of Digital Commons – Open Future
This study outlines how CommonsDB is creating a registry of Public Domain and openly licensed works to improve legal certainty when reusing digital content.
openfuture.eu
June 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The first part of CommonsDB Feasibility Study—by @paulk.bsky.social, @culturedoug.bsky.social, @posth.me, @jpquintais.bsky.social, @theflyinglawyer.bsky.social, and Thomas Margon—anticipates launching the first public version of the registry after summer.
Download: openfuture.eu/publication/...
Download: openfuture.eu/publication/...
Yesterday we published the first part of a feasibility study for CommonsDB—laying out the design principles for the public registry of Public Domain and openly licensed works that we are currently building. Next step: the first prototype, coming after the summer: www.commonsdb.org/blog/feasibi...
CommonsDB Feasibility Study: Laying the Groundwork for a Rights Registry
The first part of the CommonsDB Feasibility Study has been published
www.commonsdb.org
June 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Yesterday we published the first part of a feasibility study for CommonsDB—laying out the design principles for the public registry of Public Domain and openly licensed works that we are currently building. Next step: the first prototype, coming after the summer: www.commonsdb.org/blog/feasibi...
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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!
communia-association.org/2025/06/18/v...
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 9:21 AM
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:
Excellent piece by @jonworth.eu: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I am taking a night train once or twice a year. When everything works it can be magic (have dinner with friends in Berlin, and breakfast with the family in Amsterdam the next morning) but there is so much unrealized potential!
Europe was promised a new golden age of the night train. Why are we still waiting? | Jon Worth
Romance, excitement and sustainability – continent-crossing sleeper trains should be a hit. It’s time for the EU to catch on, says writer and campaigner Jon Worth
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Excellent piece by @jonworth.eu: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I am taking a night train once or twice a year. When everything works it can be magic (have dinner with friends in Berlin, and breakfast with the family in Amsterdam the next morning) but there is so much unrealized potential!
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The 🤖💭🐬 case referred to the CJEU focuses not on AI model training issues, but rather on questions arising from their use. Read @paulk.bsky.social's analysis of the first EU court case addressing AI and copyright:
copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/05/28/d...
copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/05/28/d...
Do AI models dream of dolphins in lake Balaton? - Kluwer Copyright Blog
There is a bit of excitement in copyright circles about the first case referred to the CJEU that directly addresses the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and the EU copyright framework.…
copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The 🤖💭🐬 case referred to the CJEU focuses not on AI model training issues, but rather on questions arising from their use. Read @paulk.bsky.social's analysis of the first EU court case addressing AI and copyright:
copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/05/28/d...
copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/05/28/d...
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🐬 @paulk.bsky.social analyzes the first CJEU case on AI and copyright, "Like Company v Google," which examines AI chatbots (wrongly) summarizing online content.
Important for anyone tracking AI and copyright law developments.
copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/05/28/d...
Important for anyone tracking AI and copyright law developments.
copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/05/28/d...
Do AI models dream of dolphins in lake Balaton? - Kluwer Copyright Blog
There is a bit of excitement in copyright circles about the first case referred to the CJEU that directly addresses the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and the EU copyright framework. The...
copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
May 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🐬 @paulk.bsky.social analyzes the first CJEU case on AI and copyright, "Like Company v Google," which examines AI chatbots (wrongly) summarizing online content.
Important for anyone tracking AI and copyright law developments.
copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/05/28/d...
Important for anyone tracking AI and copyright law developments.
copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/05/28/d...
New blog post: The recent #CJEU referral is a poor test case for clarifying how the EU #copyright framework applies to AI training. The underlying dispute concerns the use of content with a trained model (RAG), not the training process itself. copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/05/28/d...
Do AI models dream of dolphins in lake Balaton? - Kluwer Copyright Blog
There is a bit of excitement in copyright circles about the first case referred to the CJEU that directly addresses the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and the EU copyright framework. The...
copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
New blog post: The recent #CJEU referral is a poor test case for clarifying how the EU #copyright framework applies to AI training. The underlying dispute concerns the use of content with a trained model (RAG), not the training process itself. copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/05/28/d...
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Where’s the Open Data? Hugging the Crawl
🆕 Major open dataset releases in 2024 focus on refining existing data rather than creating new sources. Check details and learn more about data commons and open source AI in this article by @alek.bsky.social for @thenewstack.io
thenewstack.io/data-commons...
🆕 Major open dataset releases in 2024 focus on refining existing data rather than creating new sources. Check details and learn more about data commons and open source AI in this article by @alek.bsky.social for @thenewstack.io
thenewstack.io/data-commons...
Data Commons Can Save Open AI
Recent progress in open datasets shows promise for building fully open AI models without legal constraints.
thenewstack.io
May 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Where’s the Open Data? Hugging the Crawl
🆕 Major open dataset releases in 2024 focus on refining existing data rather than creating new sources. Check details and learn more about data commons and open source AI in this article by @alek.bsky.social for @thenewstack.io
thenewstack.io/data-commons...
🆕 Major open dataset releases in 2024 focus on refining existing data rather than creating new sources. Check details and learn more about data commons and open source AI in this article by @alek.bsky.social for @thenewstack.io
thenewstack.io/data-commons...
#CPDP2025 panel organized by @ivir-uva.bsky.social on the still unresolved question when a summary of GPAI training data is "sufficiently detailed".
Despite the clear case for openness and transparency the European Commission's template for transparency reporting is still missing in action.
Despite the clear case for openness and transparency the European Commission's template for transparency reporting is still missing in action.
May 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
#CPDP2025 panel organized by @ivir-uva.bsky.social on the still unresolved question when a summary of GPAI training data is "sufficiently detailed".
Despite the clear case for openness and transparency the European Commission's template for transparency reporting is still missing in action.
Despite the clear case for openness and transparency the European Commission's template for transparency reporting is still missing in action.
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📄 New White Paper on Public AI, a joint effort with @bertelsmannst.bsky.social.
The report presents an alternative to today's AI landscape dominated by tech companies: Public AI systems.
⬇️ Download the PDF version: www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/publikati...
The report presents an alternative to today's AI landscape dominated by tech companies: Public AI systems.
⬇️ Download the PDF version: www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/publikati...
May 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
📄 New White Paper on Public AI, a joint effort with @bertelsmannst.bsky.social.
The report presents an alternative to today's AI landscape dominated by tech companies: Public AI systems.
⬇️ Download the PDF version: www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/publikati...
The report presents an alternative to today's AI landscape dominated by tech companies: Public AI systems.
⬇️ Download the PDF version: www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/publikati...
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🤖 How can academic communities regain control over AI in knowledge production? New report by Open Future fellow @samuelmoore.org explores governance strategies for the "scholarly commons".
Read more ⬇️
openfuture.eu/publication/...
Read more ⬇️
openfuture.eu/publication/...
May 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🤖 How can academic communities regain control over AI in knowledge production? New report by Open Future fellow @samuelmoore.org explores governance strategies for the "scholarly commons".
Read more ⬇️
openfuture.eu/publication/...
Read more ⬇️
openfuture.eu/publication/...