Background Individuals and organisations who frequently interact with copyright-protected material in a professional capacity are often overwhelmed when it comes to determining what they may or m...
The argument in brief Published research outputs often end up locked behind paywalls, unavailable to many researchers and the broader public, impeding scientific – and human – progress. Despi...
https://communia-association.org/policy-paper/policy-paper-17-on-access-to-publicly-funded-research/
Background Public sector documents and public speeches are of key concern to the public. New legislation and court decisions lay down the rules that govern our daily lives, and provide obligation...
Background We have witnessed a proliferation of (so-called) generative artificial intelligence (AI) models since OpenAI made DALL-E 2 available to the public in July 2022. This has gone alongside...
May 20201 – (This policy paper is also available as a PDF file) COMMUNIA Policy Paper on fundamental rights as a limit to copyright during emergencies Exceptions and limitations to copyright sh...
January 2018 – (This policy paper is also available as a PDF file) COMMUNIA policy paper on the review of the PSI Directive In 2003 the Directive 2003/98/EC on the reuse of public sec...
https://communia-association.org/policy-paper/policy-paper-13-review-psi-directive/
August 2017 – (This policy paper is also available as a PDF file) COMMUNIA policy paper on the EU Database Directive This policy paper is released in the context of t...
January 2016 – (This policy paper is also available as a PDF file) COMMUNIA policy paper on exceptions and limitations for education Copyright policy needs to empower—and not thwart—the act...
https://communia-association.org/policy-paper/leveraging-copyright-in-support-of-education/
May 2015 – (This policy paper is also available as a PDF file) Licensing alone will not secure user rights Culture, education and science require a “breathing space” within the copyright sy...
March 2015 – (This policy paper is also available as a PDF file) The mission of the COMMUNIA Association is to educate about, advocate for, offer expertise and research about the public domain ...
https://communia-association.org/policy-paper/the-review-of-the-eu-copyright-laws/