The article discusses a study of the restrictive practices of cultural institutions in controlling digital copies of public domain artworks. Some institutions claim new rights over reproduction images, thereby limiting their use in education and research and prioritizing income over…
A German transparency initiative fighting for freedom of information has published a law gazette containing executive orders and other decrees by the German government, which is currently paywalled.The article discusses the efforts of FragDenStaat, a German transparency initiative, to democratize…
Which countries have signed up to the Marrakesh Treaty, which removes the copyright barriers preventing making and sharing accessible copies of works for people with print disabilities, and how far have they gone in bringing their national legislation into line…
Communia has started a series of blogposts aimed at presenting Teresa Nobre´s comparative analysis of the implementation of the 2019 Copyright Directive across the EU (well in 26 MS, since Poland has yet to implement the Directive). The first one…