The European Commission concluded a call for evidence on its AI Strategy for the Cultural and Creative Sectors. Last week, COMMUNIA submitted its response (full text available as a PDF), highlighting ...

Together with more than 30 civil society organisations from across Europe, we are calling on the European Parliament to protect the use of open standard licences for public sector information.

COMMUNIA’s response to the call for evidence towards a better copyright environment for European creativity and innovation. Any future legislative initiative should pursue three complementary objectiv...

Last week, COMMUNIA hosted a Salon on the upcoming review of the DSM Directive. The recording is now available.

As part of the Digital Omnibus proposal, the Commission proposes to integrate the provisions of the Open Data Directive into an expanded Data Act. The co-legislators should use this opportunity to est...

Last year, Denmark introduced amendments to its Copyright Act granting copyright-like protection to individuals’ personal characteristics and digital imitations of performances. In February, the Europ...

The European Parliament’s ITRE Committee has adopted a motion for a resolution, setting out key priorities for the upcoming instrument.

On 15 January, we celebrated the Public Domain Day 2026 at the Royal Library of Belgium, bringing together advocates, academics and practitioners from a variety of backgrounds.

Today, the JURI Committee adopted Axel Voss’s own-initiative report on copyright and generative AI. The report still contains ambiguities and problematic language that risk creating legal uncertainty,...

The INI on copyright and generative AI will be put to a Committee vote this week. Although framed as a response to legitimate questions around AI and copyright, the proposal suffers from serious short...

Yesterday, we submitted our response (PDF file) to the public consultation questionnaire on the European Research Area (ERA) Act. The ERA Act, which the European Commission is expected to introduce to...

Italy has adopted a legal amendment to extend the term of exclusive rights for simple photographs from 20 to 70 years, a drastic shift that may cause irreversible damage.

In July, MEP Axel Voss released his draft for an own initiative report on Copyright and generative AI in the JURI Committee. To reach a consensus in the committee, the rapporteur has thus far proposed...

The EU’s Digital Omnibus Proposal has sparked controversy, especially over the planned changes to the GDPR. One amendment to the Open Data Directive in particular could have serious consequences, pote...

Last week, COMMUNIA submitted its response to the CSPLA Task Force on the Protection of Content Generated Using Generative AI. We argue that EU copyright law is fully equipped to deal with AI-generate...

Last week, COMMUNIA submitted its response to the open consultation on the Digital Fairness Act. While many of the issues addressed in the proposed Act extend beyond our core mandate, we wish to highl...

With Article 8 of the DSM Directive, we imagined lowering the barriers for a shared collective memory. Now, just before the European Commission starts a review of the DSM Directive we can take stock. ...