COMMUNIA Salon 1/2022: The Sui Generis Database Right in the Data Act
On Wednesday 2nd of March, 2022, at 15.00 COMMUNIA will host the first COMMUNIA Salon of 2022. This edition will focus on the treatment of the Sui Generis Database Right (SGDR) in the European Commission’s proposal for a Data Act that was published on the 23rd of February. You’re cordially invited!
The proposal for a Data Act contains a provision that the Sui Generis Database Right “does not apply to databases containing data obtained from or generated by the use of a connected device”. In this salon the future of the Sui Generis Database Right and how this right should evolve in the context of the proposed Data Act will be explored.
Speakers will be:
– Krzysztof Nichczynski (DG Connect, European Commission) who will present the European Commission’s rationale for the Data Act,
– Martin Husovec (Assistant Professor of Law at LSE) who will elaborate on the legal context and
– Felix Reda (former MEP & Project Lead control © at GFF) who will discuss an ongoing German lawsuit in which Open Data activists are facing government prosecution for allegedly infringing the Sui Generis Database Right.
COMMUNIA Salon is open for everyone to attend. To attend the Salon you can register here.
The 4th Open Knowledge Day took place on Tuesday 17 October 2023, with an accompanying workshop on 18 October 2023. This year it was organised by the Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute (ODIPI) and supported by Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21).
We invite you to the fourth Open Knowledge Day and the workshop, which will take place this year within the framework of the programme and with the support of Knowledge Rights 21. The event will bring together experts from different European countries to discuss two topics: the first part will deal with the legal basis for data analytics, which is a key part of machine learning and related artificial intelligence, and the general exception for research. In the second part, open science in theory and practice will be presented both in Slovenia and in some Western Balkan countries. Representatives of research and educational institutions from Slovenia and the Western Balkan countries, as well as interested members of the public, are invited to attend.
Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič, a renowned expert in copyright law, has joined the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, where she will serve as an affiliate researcher for the next two years.
On Friday, October 6, 2023, the online seminar “Practical Experiences in Resolving Copyrights of Modern Book Works” took place. The seminar addressed relevant questions concerning user access to literary works in digital form.