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...

Today, we are publishing a new report on the experiences of cultural heritage institutions using the out-of-commerce works mechanism established under Article 8 of the DSM Directive.

Today we are releasing The Post-DSM Copyright Report, analysing how Member States have implemented key user rights provisions of the DSM Directive.

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...

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...

The plenary vote to adopt the own-initiative report initiated by Axel Voss brings to a close a process that began in June 2025. While many aspects of the report improved during the committee stage and...

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.

Last week, we submitted our response to the European Commission’s consultation on the Digital Omnibus.

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...

Conference on the Secondary Publication Right, February 5, 2026, Academy of Sciences of Lisbon.

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.