On Friday, it became even more evident that EU member states are not satisfied with the solutions proposed by the Presidency of the Council as 11 member states rejected the compromise text of the Proposal for the directive:  Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland and Slovenia, who already opposed a previous version of the directive, as […]

The propositions are the following: – exemption for platforms with an annual turnover of up to 20 million euros; – exceptions of liability of platforms in certain situations (if for instance they made their best efforts to obtain an authorization from the rightsholders); – introduction a mandatory user-generated content exception to copyright, subject to the […]

With 478 votes against and 39 votes for they: – said NO to the agreement that does not resolve legal problems in the system of promoting creativity and that would bring only one-sided solutions; – said NO to the agreement that was drafted and negotiated in secrecy; – said NO to the agreement that would introduce one-sided solutions, […]

In the frame of the Communia Thematic Network the book The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for an Open Culture was also published. This book brings together essays by academics, librarians, entrepreneurs, activists and policy makers, who were all part of the EU-funded Communia project. Together the authors argue that the Public Domain (that is, the […]

In the recommendation, the Commission strives for an efficient development of Europeana and challenges Member States to develop solid plans and build partnerships to place 30 million objects in Europeana by 2015 compared to the 19 million available today; to get more in-copyright and out-of-commerce material online; and to adapt national legislation and strategies to […]

The new directive will extend the term of protection from 50 to 70 years. The delegations of Belgium, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden were against the adoption of the directive. Austria and Estonia abstained from voting. The purpose of the directive was to enforcement of the protection of producers, which would […]

The Green Paper concerns the effects of the digital technology on the production, marketing and distribution of audio-visual works. It serves as the basis for a debate on whether and how the regulatory framework needs to be adapted to allow European industry to develop new business models, creators to find new distribution channels and European […]

The establishment of Commnuia, whose founding member is also the Intellectual Property Institute, is a reaction to efforts to strengthen the copyright legislation. Formally, Communia will start to operate on 16 June, when the founding members will present the 14 principles for protecting and promoting the public domain. Its main tasks will be consulting and […]

The report is very critical towards the so-called three-strike law in force in France and Great Britain as well as the establishment of a centralized system in France, which shuts down the Internet to people committing copyright infringements. According to the rapporteur, this measure is disproportionate and infringes paragraph 3 of Article 19 of the […]

The article focuses on the problem of plagiarism in Slovenia and also includes the view of dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič from the Intellectual Property Institute regarding this issue.

The whole interview can be found here (In Slovene).

These systems enable to buy words on the search engine. Therefore, as the subscriber enters the word in the search engine, the advertisement of the subject who bought the word appears amongst the search results. The problem is when the word represents a protected trademark of some other subject. Words will usually be bought by […]

The Public Domain Manifesto was created in the frame of the European thematic network about the digital public domain Communia. The members of the working group have been preparing the draft of the text for a few months on the basis of the idea presented at the first conference of Communia. The document then circulated […]

The Agenda outlines seven priority areas for action: creating a digital Single Market, greater interoperability, boosting internet trust and security, much faster internet access, more investment in research and development, enhancing digital literacy skills and inclusion, and applying information and communications technologies to address challenges facing society like climate change and the ageing population. In […]

On the basis of the study the National and University Library will prepare a preposition of the amendment of the Copyright and Related Rights Act. In the conclusion the study offers recommendations for the amendment of the Copyright and Related Rights Act in accordance with the current international and European legislation as well as the […]