Draft Digital Omnibus report: a strong step on exclusive agreements, but...
Last week, rapporteurs Aura Salla and Marina Kaljurand published their draft report on the Digital Omnibus. The report contains an important and welcome proposal to strengthen the rules on exclusive...
View ArticleJURI tries to save open government data, but gets the solution wrong
The European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) has adopted a draft opinion on the Digital Omnibus that contains some welcome attempts to preserve the core principles of Europe’s open...
View ArticleOur response to the Commission’s call for evidence on the future of EU copyright
The European Commission has launched a call for evidence on a possible legislative initiative to create a “better copyright environment for European creativity and innovation”. The call for evidence...
View ArticleVideo Recording of Copyright Liability and the Knowledge Ecosystem
On 1 June, COMMUNIA brought together policymakers, researchers, Public AI developers and cultural heritage professionals in Brussels for the event Copyright Liability and the Knowledge Ecosystem. The...
View ArticleSCCR/48: 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 48th session of the Committee, which is currently taking place in...
View ArticleSCCR/48: COMMUNIA statement on the protection of broadcasting organizations
In our capacity as accredited observers of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), we are attending the 48th session of the Committee, which is currently taking place in...
View ArticleThe Post-DSM Copyright Report: new publication
Today we are releasing The Post-DSM Copyright Report (available as PDF here). This report analyses how Member States have implemented key user rights provisions of the DSM Directive: text and data...
View ArticleIs the African Group Proposal on L&Es Consistent with EU Law?
At the 47th session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), the African Group tabled a proposal for an instrument on limitations and exceptions aimed at supporting...
View ArticleEuropean Commission echoes concerns about Danish copyright proposal on deepfakes
Last year, Denmark introduced amendments to its Copyright Act granting copyright-like protection to individuals’ personal characteristics and digital imitations of performances. As we argued during the...
View ArticleINI on copyright and generative AI: Final assessment and recommendation
MEP Axel Voss’s own-initiative report on copyright and generative AI will be put to a vote in the JURI Committee on 28 January. Although framed as a response to legitimate questions around AI and...
View ArticleSubmission to the CSPLA questionnaire on AI-generated outputs
Last week, COMMUNIA submitted its response (PDF file) to the CSPLA Task Force on the Protection of Content Generated Using Generative AI. Our contribution build on our Policy Paper #22 against new...
View ArticleSCCR/47: 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 47th session of the Committee, which is currently taking place in...
View ArticleSCCR/47: 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 47th session of the Committee, which is currently taking place in...
View ArticleOur 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...
View ArticleA first look into the JURI draft report on copyright and AI
Last week we 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)....
View ArticleNew report “Unfair licensing practices: the library experience” is out
This week, we released a new report detailing unfair practices in the licensing of digital resources to libraries (as a PDF file). This report describes contractual practices identified by licensing...
View ArticleSCCR/46: 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 46th session of the Committee, which is currently taking place in...
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...
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 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...
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