SCCR/43: COMMUNIA Statement on Limitations and Exceptions
In our capacity as accredited observers of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), we are attending the 43th session of the Committee, which is currently taking place in...
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Finally, something to look forward to at WIPO
As the summer approaches, we are taking stock of the latest developments in copyright policy debates. The scene-stealer “Generative AI” is prompting a copyright comeback in the EU bubble, forcing...
View ArticleThe AI Act and the quest for transparency
Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm and people’s feelings towards the technology range from fascination about its capabilities to grave concerns about its implications. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleDo 90s rappers dream of electric pastiche?
Last week Germany’s highest court, the Bundesgerichtshof (BGH), for the 2nd time in less than a decade referred questions related to the Metall auf Metall case to the European Court of Justice. This...
View ArticleThe transparency provision in the AI Act: What needs to happen after the 4th...
Before the trilogue, COMMUNIA issued a statement, calling for a comprehensive approach on the transparency of training data in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. COMMUNIA and the co-signatories of...
View ArticleAn AI Christmas Miracle
With Christmas fast approaching, on December 8, the European Parliament wrapped up one of its biggest presents of the mandate: the AI Act. A landmark piece of legislation with the goal of regulating...
View ArticleThe Post-DSM Copyright Report: research rights
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...
View ArticleThe Post-DSM Copyright Report: education rights
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...
View ArticleThe Post-DSM Copyright Report: Public Domain and cultural heritage rights
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...
View ArticleThe Post-DSM Copyright Report: the press publishers’ right
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...
View ArticleSCCR/45: COMMUNIA Statement on Broadcasting Organizations
In our capacity as accredited observers of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), we are attending the 45th session of the Committee, which is currently taking place in...
View ArticleSCCR/45: COMMUNIA Statement on Limitations and Exceptions
In our capacity as accredited observers of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), we are attending the 45th session of the Committee, which is currently taking place in...
View ArticleThe Post-DSM Copyright Report: Article 17
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...
View ArticleThe Post-DSM Copyright Report: The Meme Supplement
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the DSM Directive. To celebrate the occasion, we are releasing a supplement to our series of blog posts on trends in national copyright policy...
View ArticleCOMMUNIA submission to the multi-stakeholder consultation to future-proof the...
The European AI Office’s public consultation Future-Proof AI Act: Trustworthy General-Purpose AI wraps up tomorrow. This multi-stakeholder consultation is aimed at informing the drafting process of the...
View ArticleOur analysis of the 1st draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice
Two weeks ago, the European AI Office published the first draft of the General Purpose AI Code of Practice. The first in a series of four drafting rounds planned until April 2025, this “high-level”...
View ArticleA first look at the Spanish proposal to introduce ECL for AI training
A few weeks ago, the Spanish Ministry of Culture released a legislative proposal aimed at introducing extended collective licensing (ECL) for the development of general-purpose AI models. The first of...
View Article2nd draft of the GPAI Code of Practice: better, but not there yet
On December 19 2024, the European AI Office published a second draft (download as a PDF file) of the General Purpose AI Code of Practice. This is the second of a series of drafting rounds planned until...
View Article3rd draft of the GPAI Code of Practice: copyright transparency is unwanted,...
On March 11 2025, the Chairs and the Vice-Chairs of the General Purpose AI Code of Practice presented the third draft of the Code (download as a PDF file). Similarly to previous drafting rounds, the...
View ArticleSCCR/46: COMMUNIA Statement on Broadcasting Organizations
In our capacity as accredited observers of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), we are attending the 46th session of the Committee, which is currently taking place in...
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