Dimitar Dimitrov, Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, Link, (CC-BY) Thanks to synchronised interplay between our EU-level policy initiative and the steady work of our Belgian community, a new copyright exception allowing for thousands of new images on Wikimedia projects is…
Anna Mazgal, Communia Association, Link (CC-0) The right to quote is a pivotal element of science, study, critique, and art. By evoking somebody else’s words and creations we are able to enter into an intellectual dialog that is a foundation…
Author: Tito Rendas Abstract: In the context of national proceedings opposing the Dutch Association of Public Libraries and the collective management organization Stichting Leenrecht, the District Court of The Hague referred a question about the interpretation of articles 1(1), 2(1)(b),…
[Anna Mazgal, Communia Association, Link (CC-0)] The education exception benefits teachers, students, and researchers who need access to all types of educational and informational resources that are often protected by copyright. This exception balances the right to education with the…
[Reposted from michaelgeist.ca, Link (CC-BY)] In recent weeks, there has been some media coverage claiming that Canadian educational materials are disappearing in the face of copyright fair dealing rules. For example, several weeks ago, Globe and Mail writer Kate Taylor…
[Anna Mazgal, Communia Association, Link (CC-0)] The parody exception cultivates the French tradition of satire. When the goal is to make people laugh, anybody can freely create a distinctively different mockery of a protected work. This encourages creativity and freedom…
Copyright Advisory Group to the COAG Education Council Executive summary: Australia’s copyright laws operate as a serious roadblock to preparing children to be the creators and innovators of the future. Government policy and community expectations require schools to take an increasing…
Sergey Filippov and Paul Hofheinz Excerpt from Text and Data Mining for Research and Innovation Lisbon Council (CC-BY-NC-SA), Click here for the full paper On 09 December 2015, the European Commission proposed a mandatory exception for research in EU copyright…
[IP Watch, Link (CC-BY-NC-SA)] The German Constitutional Court today ruled in favour of the “freedom to sample” – or freedom to remix – in a case between the singer/songwriter Sabrina Setlur and the band Kraftwerk. The latter had filed complaints…
[Reposted from Technollama.co.uk, Link (CC-BY_NC-SA)] How much do you need to reproduce a video or broadcast in order to infringe copyright? In the age of Vine, Periscope and animated gifs, this question has become more important than ever. We now…
[Reposted from michaelgeist.ca, Link (CC-BY)] The role of copyright within the Canadian education system has emerged as a contentious issue in recent years as the Internet and digital technologies have transformed how schools provide students with access to materials. At…
(Cross posted from ipclinic.org, Link] In October 2015 the Librarian of Congress issued an important new rule permitting faculty and staff creating MOOCs (massive open online courses) to copy short clips from video media protected by digital locks. The rule was…