10th anniversary of the Public Domain Manifesto
This year we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Public Domain Manifesto. Its goal is to emphasize the importance of the wealth of information, which is free from the barriers associated to copyright limiting the access and re-use of a copyright work.
These barriers are not present either because rightholders voluntarily allow the use of their work or because copyright protection expires. Works that do not meet the condition of originality or are excluded from protection (such as data, ideas, methods of operation etc.) are also in the public domain. In the era when the Internet allows us the direct access to our cultural heritage and knowledge, it is important that the policy makers and individuals contribute to strengthening the concept of the public domain. One of the first signatories was also the Intellectual Property Institute.
ChatGPT poses difficult questions in the field of authorship as well as in the field of ethics in science (and also in other fields where independent work is required).
How does the right to education and science limit copyright law?
In June 2022, Communia launched a competition for the best implementation of the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive). The “Eurovision DSM contest” aims to track the implementation of the DSM Directive in the 27 EU member states.
Knowledgerights 21 is organizing a webinar on flexible copyright exceptions from a European perspective that will take place on February 13, 2023, from 11:00 to 12:30.