COMMUNIA Association - analysis

Reda report: the good, the not-so-bad and the ugly compromise amendments

June 15, 2015

by Paul Keller

Back in April we published our list of the 10 worst and the 5 best amendments to Felix Reda’s draft report on the implementation of the InfoSoc Directive. Tomorrow the Legal Affairs committee (JURI) of the European Parliament will vote on these amendments to the draft report. In light of the upcoming vote and given […]

Reda report: the 10 worst and the 5 best amendments

April 15, 2015

by Paul Keller

In January MEP Felix Reda presented a draft report on the implementation of Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (a.k.a the Copyright Directive). This draft report has proven to be hugely controversial […]

Leaked draft of Commission copyright white paper based on flawed assumptions

June 25, 2014

by Paul Keller

Earlier this week the IPKat leaked what appears to be an internal draft of the European Commission’s white paper on copyright policy reform (“A copyright policy for Creativity and Innovation in the European Union”). Once finalized this white paper is supposed to sum up the current Commission’s position on making European copyright policy fit for […]

No the internet is not a ‘value tree’. If you must compare it to nature, a forest would be much more adequate

February 25, 2014

by Paul Keller

You may have heard that the EU is currently reviewing copyright in order to ensure that it ‘stays fit for purpose in this new digital context’. While the public consultation on this topic is still running, EU officials have started to give some insights on how they see the digital environment that needs to be […]

Intellectual Property Rights do not equal Innovation and Creativity

October 16, 2013

by Paul Keller

The post below is cross posted from Kennisland (Kennisland is a COMMUNIA member). Last month, the Office for the Harmonization of the Internal market (OHIM) and the European Patent Office (EPO) published a study on intellectual property rights intensive industries’ contribution to the economic performance and Employment in the European Union. The study is modelled […]

‘Orphan works’ compromise fails to deliver

June 25, 2012

by Paul Keller

The compromise text of the proposed orphan works directive is finally out. If nothing unexpected happens, this text should be what gets adopted later this year, what needs to be transposed into national legislation within 2 years from then, and what cultural heritage institutions that are confronted with hostage works need to deal with for […]