Eleonora Rosati has posted a leaked draft of the European Union White Paper “A Copyright Policy for Creativity and Innovation in the European Union.” It contains a brief discussion and a proposed “way forward” on a number of copyright issues…
[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link, CC-BY)] Libraries in EIFL partner countries perform a vital role getting reading and other materials into the hands of people who need information and knowledge for education, research, health or leisure. The seven point plan…
Earlier this week, the European Copyright Society has issued its response to the Public consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules of the European Commission. The response is available here. The European Copyright Society (ECS) was founded in…
[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link, (CC-BY)]In response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on the review of EU copyright rules, EIFL submitted a seven point plan that will help libraries to do their work in the digital environment. Of course,…
[EU Press Release, Link] Nearly 70% of Europeans download or stream films for free, whether legally or illegally, according to a new European Commission study on audience behaviour. It also finds that 40% of smartphone owners and more than 60%…
PRESS RELEASE: Berne Declaration, Swissaid, Bionext, and No-patents-on-seeds: Today a broad coalition consisting of 34 NGO’s, farmers’ and breeders’ organisations from 27 European countries filed an opposition to a pepper-patent from Syngenta. The company patented an insect resistance, which they…
Last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the circumvention of technological protection measures is not illegal in all cases. In order for the circumvention to be illegal, it must be done for the purpose of…
[Ante Wessells, FFII, Link (CC-BY-SA)] I just made a personal submission to the Public Consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules. I used the You can fix copyright website. Very handy, thanks! I added an attachment, see below…
[Paul Keller, Communia Blog, Link, (CC0-Public Domain)] Last week Thursday the European Commission launched its much anticipated public consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules. This consultation is the first visible sign of the second track of the Commission’s…
The European Commission has today launched a public consultation as part of its on-going efforts to review and modernise EU copyright rules. The consultation invites stakeholders to share their views on areas identified in the Communication on Content in the…
[Andy, TorrentFreak, Link (CC-BY-NC)] In legal advice to the EU Court of Justice, Advocate General Pedro Cruz Villalón today announced that EU law allows for Internet service providers to be ordered to block their customers from accessing known copyright infringing…
Joint Statement by Centrum Cyfrowe, EDRi, Kennisland, and the Modern Poland Foundation, Link (CC-BY) Today, the Licenses for Europe experiment comes to an end. This initiative, launched almost a year ago was ostensibly an attempt to ‘explore the potential and…