Inclusion of the public domain in Article 5
Regarding the reform of the copyright in the Digital Single Market, the negotiators in the trilogue have provisionally agreed to include a Public Domain clause in Article 5 of the Directive.
The provision will ensure that reproductions of works in the public domain can no longer be protected by copyright or neighbouring rights (as it is still the case in some member states such as Spain and Germany). This means that someone who will photograph a painting in the public domain, for instance, will not be able to re-establish copyright or any other neighbouring right on that work. This is also in accordance with the principle of the Public Domain Manifesto that “what is in the public domain must remain in the public domain”. The Intellectual Property Institute sees this a step in the right direction and supports the regulation of the concept of the public domain on EU levels.
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.