Welcome
At a time when the copyright public policy debate tends to focus exclusively on enforcement, we believe that it is time for a discussion in the European institutions on how to ensure that copyright fully supports innovation, creativity, competition, and the public interest. Now is the time for a constructive policy agenda to ensure copyright meets the needs of the 21st century.
Latest News
IMCO Vote on Copyright in the DSM: crying tears of...?
Today, 8 June, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee voted on Copyright in the Digital Single Market [2016/0280(COD)]. IMCO was the 1st Committee to vote on the file, and is setting the direction for the other votes in the next weeks Read More...
#FixCopyright: The Myth of the Value Gap Simply Explained
Copy explains the so-called 'value gap'. The issue at stake is the liability of online platforms for content uploaded by their users that could infringe copyright, packaged under the label ‘sharing of value’. Under the disguise of a copyright review, Read More...
Issues in the Real World
We have listed illustrations of uses of copyrighted works in the real world that individual signatories have provided to illustrate some of the issues they believe should be discussed at EU level to achieve the objectives of the declaration, namely:
Harmonize Exceptions Across Europe
Act as a Spur to Innovation
Support User Creativity and Wider Participation
Ensure Accessibility by all Europeans
Support for Education and Research
Facilitate Preservation and Archiving
Ensure Monopoly Rights are regulated Online
Statements & Events
“Humanity’s capacity to generate new ideas and knowledge is its greatest asset. It is the source of art, science, innovation and economic development.”
Adelphi Charter