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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New strategy paper: Europe's copyright infrastructure should be a federated ecosystem of certified registries, not a central database. By @paul.eurosky.social and @posth.me, drawing on the #CommonsDB pilot, accounting for 6.6M+ verified declarations. openfuture.eu/publication/...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Registration is now open for 'INNOVATE. PROTECT. EMPOWER. How Cultural Heritage Can Make Public AI a Reality', an online policy talk taking place on 29 September 2026 from 16:00 to 18:00 CET. Organised by Europeana as part of the European Heritage Hub. pretix.eu/Europeana-Fo...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Are you attending RightsCon Continue Summit next week? @alek.eurosky.social will join the online roundtable "Beyond Data Extraction: Building Equitable Data Governance Frameworks" hosted by @accessnow.org. Spots are limited to 30: rightscon.summit.tc/t/rightscon-...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The EU bets its AI Gigafactories will strengthen Europe's tech sovereignty, while the tender allows hyperscalers to act as anchor customers. In her latest article, Zuzanna Warso asks what kind of AI future Europe is really choosing. openfuture.eu/blog/the-sha...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#Fediday 2026: @aditya.myatproto.social joins Saskia Welch and Sebastian Vogelsang to discuss moderation in the open social web: shared infrastructure, governance, funding, and the role of public institutions. 📅 12 Sep 2026, 19:00 CEST – Berlin 🔗 ctalx.c-base.org/fediday-2026...

Decentralized and resilient – United we stand. Yellow pixel font on black. Berlinfedi.day, Conference for Alternative Social Media, 11.-13. September 2026. Fediverse symbol in rainbow colours.

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The Digital Commons Policy Summit 2026 organized by @ngicommons.bsky.social will take place on 12 November in Brussels. We will lead a session on the Digital Commons Strategic Agenda: From Roadmap to Implementation. Registration free for in-person and online participation: ti.to/ngi-commons/...

Digital Commons Policy Summit 2026 - Registration Open

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

📬 In our latest newsletter: AI is draining the knowledge commons, Wikimedia risks becoming a “dark commons,” and a new EU copyright reform begins with the challenge of providing a workable path for AI development while ensuring control and remuneration for rightsholders. mailchi.mp/openfuture/b...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

More control for rightsholders or easier access for AI developers? Only shifting the obligation from training to deployment can deliver both. Analysis based on 432 responses to the EU Commission’s call for evidence regarding a new legislative initiative on copyright. openfuture.eu/blog/squarin...

"Squaring the Copyright and AI Circle. The Commission's AI and copyright dilemma, in 432 responses" blog post image.

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Generative AI is reshaping how knowledge is made, found, and trusted. A new white paper written with @wikimediach.bsky.social maps how the Wikimedia movement can keep its agency. Read it here: openfuture.eu/publication/...

"Wikimedia, the commons, and the new AI knowledge loop" White paper cover, with Open Future background image.

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Key themes that shape open knowledge and Wikimedia—the future of the commons, digital sovereignty, and the strain that large-scale AI crawling places on open platforms—are intertwined with our work. From July 21 to 25, we will lead 4 sessions at #Wikimania2026 dedicated to discussing these topics.

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Open Future is joining the @opentechresearch.org Symposium 2026 as a content partner. @alek.eurosky.social will be on the program committee. The call for proposals is open until 5 July 2026. Submissions on open technologies, policy, and governance are welcome. 🔗 symposium.opentechresearch.org

Open Technology Research Symposium 2026 Call for Proposals Deadline: 5 July

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

📬 In our latest newsletter we cover how the EU funds its AI ambitions, which gaps remain difficult to verify, why the cultural sector should help shape AI rather than merely adopt it, and the missed opportunity for the Digital Commons in the EU’s Tech Sovereignty Package. mailchi.mp/openfuture/u...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The EU has pledged €200 billion for AI. How much of that reflects actual commitments, and how much is political ambition? Our latest report, "From Frameworks to Factories", provides a baseline for analysis: openfuture.eu/publication/...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

📬 Our latest newsletter issue covers a blind spot in the EU's approach to copyright and AI reform, and the risk of a "dark commons" and new cultural loops that could keep knowledge infrastructure alive. Read more and subscribe: mailchi.mp/openfuture/u...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The EU's new copyright reform initiative conflates AI training and inference-time use. @paul.eurosky.social argues this analytical gap risks producing incoherent legislation before the impact assessment has even begun. legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/copyright-bl...

AI Beyond Copyright, Open Future Illustration by Jakub Koźniewski

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Our Director of Strategy @alek.eurosky.social joins the opening session of the AI-BRIDGES Symposium (29 May, London & online) to discuss Open Knowledge communities and AI. Full program and registration: ai-bridges.org/2026/03/30/s...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Zuzanna Warso will be at #CPDP2026 in Brussels this week, joining the digital sovereignty panel (Wed 20 May) and moderating the discussion on the state of progressive tech policy (Fri 22 May). Full schedule at @cpdpconferences.bsky.social and www.cpdpconferences.org/schedule

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

What are the promises and perils of “digital sovereignty”? @aditya.myatproto.social on the tensions between digital sovereignty and openness. www.re-publica.com/en/node/9692 (In English)

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

See you at @re-publica.com in Berlin. There are two sessions where you can catch up with our most recent work. Full schedule: www.re-publica.com/en#block-rp2... #rp26

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The European Competitiveness Fund proposal invokes sovereignty, but stops short of connecting them to the Digital Commons that would make commitments real. A piece by @aditya.myatproto.social on what EuroParl's draft report gets right, and what needs to go further. openfuture.eu/blog/from-di...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

As part of our commitment to openness and transparency, we share our 2025 Annual Report. Topics we’ve worked on for years, such as public AI, digital commons, and sustainable information ecosystems, are now at the center of European policy. openfuture.eu/publication/...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

📬 Our latest newsletter issue covers who is steering Europe's AI investment, a debate about conditional access to cultural heritage data, and an experiment in equitable open licensing. Read more and subscribe: mailchi.mp/openfuture/a...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Our sixth and final brief in our Policy Building Blocks for Digital Commons series focuses on the DC-EDIC—the institutional anchor the EU needs to turn sovereignty ambitions into lasting public digital infrastructure. Read more: openfuture.eu/publication/...

DC-EDIC as an anchor for Digital Commons stewardship - Policy brief cover with Open Future branded image background.

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Open licensing promised democratization, but access alone doesn't guarantee equitable outcomes. That's the Paradox of Open. The NOODL license is one of the most concrete responses to it yet, examined in a new report by @alek.eurosky.social. Read more: openfuture.eu/publication/...

"NOODL. An experiment in equitable data licensing: promise and limits." report cover with Open Future branded image background.

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

The EU’s digital funding prioritizes disruption and short-cycle projects, while critical open source infrastructure and Digital Commons go unsupported—not for lack of value, but for the right funding frameworks. Our new policy brief sets out what those should look like. openfuture.eu/publication/...

Aligning research and innovation funding to the dynamics of Digital Commons - Policy brief cover with Open Future branded image background.

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Digital public spaces need more than regulation; they need public infrastructure. Our new policy brief (authored by @aditya.myatproto.social and Zuzanna Warso) proposes public investment in interoperable, commons-based communication infrastructure. openfuture.eu/publication/...

Fostering plurality, integrity and safety in digital public spaces - Policy brief cover with Open Future branded image background.

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

📬 Our March newsletter covers a couple of the building blocks of EU digital sovereignty, a levy proposal from a major AI company, and what a genuinely public social media ecosystem could look like. Read more and subscribe: mailchi.mp/openfuture/b...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Our latest brief, authored by @paul.eurosky.social and @aditya.myatproto.social, proposes dedicated public storage infrastructure, governed as a commons, as the missing layer in Europe's data sovereignty agenda. openfuture.eu/publication/...

Sovereign data commons and public data infrastructure - Policy brief cover with Open Future branded image background

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

🎉 CommonsDB just hit 1 million declarations. Thanks to @europeana.bsky.social and @wikimediase.bsky.social for making it happen. Next stop: 5 million by summer 2026. Read more: www.commonsdb.org/blog/commons...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Our latest policy brief, authored by @aditya.myatproto.social and Zuzanna Warso, argues that procurement can be more than a purchasing mechanism. Used strategically, it is one of the most powerful tools available for shaping markets and advancing digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/publication/...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A European Citizens' Initiative calls for publicly funded social media. But copying the old centralized, surveillance-based model would repeat harms. Public money deserves a more ambitious target: Digital Public Space. @aditya.myatproto.social explains what that means. openfuture.eu/blog/public-...

Public Money, Public Platforms? Blog post image in Open Future colors depicting public digital infrastructure.

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Europe’s cloud dependency is a strategic risk. Our new brief, authored by Zuzanna Warso and @aditya.myatproto.social, outlines how to cut lock-in and use public procurement to back sovereign, interoperable cloud alternatives. Read more: openfuture.eu/publication/...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

"The question of why DPI is ultimately the question of for whom DPI." Watch the recording of our webinar on digital public infrastructure with @bulletprooflama.bsky.social and @ramyachandra.bsky.social 📹️ openfuture.eu/event/webina...

Why Digital Public Infrastructures? Infrastructural promises in India, Brazil, and Europe.

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The EP has adopted its own initiative report, accepting that AI training falls under TDM exceptions. Yet, voluntary licensing will not fix the power gap between AI developers and rightsholders. @paul.eurosky.social suggests a revenue-based levy on deployed AI openfuture.eu/blog/copyrig...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Tomorrow, the Netherlands celebrates #PubliekDomeinDag. We’ll be there: Doug McCarthy will present CommonsDB at 12:10, and @paul.eurosky.social will join a panel at 15:15 on public domain restrictions in the afternoon. publiekdomeindag.nl/programma-20...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

📬 Newsletter released: How funding shapes EU AI, Wikimedia's AI moment, and much more. Want this in your inbox? Read the full issue and subscribe to receive future ones: mailchi.mp/openfuture/s...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

FOSDEM 2026: Our Senior Policy Analyst @aditya.myatproto.social speaks on governing Europe's digital commons. Today at 9:35 CET, Room UA2.118. Watch live: fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Join us at FOSDEM 2026 to discuss Europe's digital sovereignty & the DC-EDIC's role in supporting open source public infrastructure. 2 Feb, 9:35 CET | Room UA2.118 | Details and live streaming: fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

📬 Our latest newsletter: Why Europe must build a Public AI ecosystem beyond the "AI race," two futures for the internet (scarcity vs openness), and MEPs calling for European social media alternatives after the Grok scandal. Read more: mailchi.mp/openfuture/e...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

New report by @bulletprooflama.bsky.social: How are India, Brazil & the EU reshaping digitalization? We examine IndiaStack, Brazil's DPI & EuroStack—unpacking the promises & power dynamics behind digital public infrastructure.

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

CommonsDB moves from design to deployment: 300K+ verified declarations, cryptographic trust, decentralized control. Our feasibility study shows how we're building rights infrastructure for open culture and public domain works. 📥 www.commonsdb.org/blog/commons...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Interested in the European Commission's consultation on TDM rights protocols closing 23 January? Our new policy brief by @paulk.bsky.social examines how AI opt-outs evolved in 2025, proposes four principles for a shared vocabulary layer, and provides timely context. openfuture.eu/publication/...

Divergent Mechanisms, Elusive Vocabularies. Open Future Policy Brief #10 Cover.

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

🚀 New Policy Brief: European Public AI by @alek.bsky.social & @felice.bsky.social Europe's AI landscape is dominated by non-EU actors. Public AI offers an alternative—transparent governance, public accountability, and equitable access. Read more: openfuture.eu/publication/...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Speakers include Alek Tarkowski, Felix Sieker, Grażyna Piesiewicz, Ivan Yamshchikov, Marta Villegas (to be confirmed), Max Gahntz, Nicolas Flores-Herr, Raegan MacDonald, and Sebastiano Toffaletti.

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

The new Agentic AI Foundation (OpenAI, Google, Microsoft...) will set rules for how AI agents access data. Wikimedia's voice is missing. If this is about the public interest, the digital commons must have a seat at the table. More in the latest from @alek.bsky.social: openfuture.eu/blog/why-wik...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

🚨 AI companies are ignoring EU transparency rules on training data. OpenAI, Google, and Mistral all fall short on their commitments—and that behavior reveals an uncomfortable truth. The Commission must act. More on this piece from Zuzanna Warso and @paulk.bsky.social: openfuture.eu/blog/5-3-3-0...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

🏛️How should cultural heritage institutions share data in the age of AI? Our new paper with @europeana.bsky.social explores when heritage data should be available for AI training. Part of the Alignment Assembly on Culture for AI. Read more: openfuture.eu/publication/...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🎥 How should copyright adapt to AI? @paulk.bsky.social and Oana Nasui explore territorial copyright laws, cultural heritage digitization, and power imbalances in the AI age. Watch: formareculturala.ro/from-territo...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

📚 Europe needs a Books Data Commons. Our new paper with @europeana.bsky.social shows how library-controlled infrastructure can unlock digitized cultural heritage for AI—strengthening digital sovereignty and advancing the Data Union Strategy. openfuture.eu/publication/...

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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

🎯 Join us at EUIPO Conference on Copyright. @paulk.bsky.social will discuss building tech-resilient copyright frameworks for the AI age—balancing creator rights with public interest. www.euipo.europa.eu/en/landing-p...

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