The subject of the first webinar was the Press Publishers’ Right. Dimitar Dimitrov (Wikimedia) explained Article 15 in detail and presented our proposal for implementing it at the national level (check his presentation here). 

The second webinar was dedicated to the Text and Data Mining and Education Exceptions. Benjamin White (LIBER) analyzed Articles 3 and 4 (check his presentation here), and Teresa Nobre (COMMUNIA) covered Article 5 (check her presentation here). 

On the third webinar we looked into the most controversial provision of the new Copyright Directive, which deals with the Use of Content by Online Platforms. Teresa Nobre explained the structure and functioning of Article 17 and Paul Keller (COMMUNIA) presented our vision for its national implementation (the presentation is available here). 

The fourth and last webinar focused on Cultural Heritage Provisions. Stephen Wyber (IFLA) looked into the preservation exception on Article 6 (check his presentation here), Ariadna Matas (Europeana) guided us through the complex provisions dealing with out-of-commerce works (Articles 8-11) (check her presentation here), and Paul Keller provided an overview of the most pressing issues around the public domain provision (Article 14) (check his presentation here). 

We would like to thank everyone who participated in our events and we are looking forward to organizing another edition of our Copyright Directive Webinars in the near future.

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The Copyright Directive Webinars are aimed at local advocates and national policymakers and will be conducted by COMMUNIA members and experts that were involved in preparing our Implementation Guidelines. 

We will hold four webinars of one hour each, as follows:

• 16/06 (Tuesday) – Press Publishers’ Right (Art. 15): Dimitar Dimitrov
• 17/06 (Wednesday) – Text and Data Mining and Education Exceptions (Arts. 3-5): Benjamin White and Teresa Nobre
• 23/06 (Tuesday) – Use of Content by Online Platforms (Art. 17): Teresa Nobre and Paul Keller
• 24/06 (Wednesday) – Cultural Heritage Provisions (Arts. 6, 8-11, 14): Stephen Wyber, Ariadna Matas and Paul Keller 

All webinars will take place from 10.00am to 11.00am CET. You can register for the webinars of your choice here. Remember to register for the seminar up to 24 hours before it starts. We have a limit of 30 participants at each seminar, so please don’t register if you don’t plan to show up. The access info will be shared with those who signed up. 

The Copyright Directive Webinars are part of a wider implementation project of COMMUNIA and its members Centrum Cyfrowe and Wikimedia, which includes a range of activities to make sure that local communities in as many Member States as possible are aware of their national legislative processes and participate in those processes. 

This project is implemented with a grant from the Open Society Foundations.

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