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

C4C Welcomes the SHARE Foundation

C4C is proud to announce that the SHARE Foundation signed on to our Declaration which promotes a copyright framework that fosters creativity, innovation, education, competitiveness and access to culture. The SHARE Foundation is a non-profit organization representing online media, citizen journalists and bloggers, human 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

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Statements & Events

Copyright 4 Innovation – September 2014

Events
Copyright 4 Innovation – September 2014

IFLA – C4C Brussels event – March 2014

Events
IFLA – C4C Brussels event – March 2014

C4C Brussels event – November 2013

Events
C4C Brussels event – November 2013

C4C’s Comments on the UK IPO’s Call for Views on Copyright in Europe

Statements
C4C’s Comments on the UK IPO’s Call for Views on Copyright in Europe

LIBER-C4C London event – September 2013

Events
LIBER-C4C London event – September 2013

C4C 4 July Declaration – Licences for Europe: The Right to Read Must be the Right to Mine

Statements
C4C 4 July Declaration – Licences for Europe: The Right to Read Must be the Right to Mine

C4C Warsaw event – May 2013

Events
C4C Warsaw event – May 2013

Letter to European Commissioners – Feb 2013

Statements
Letter to European Commissioners – Feb 2013

Ownership vs Licensing in the Digital Age – 26 Feb 2013

Events
Ownership vs Licensing in the Digital Age – 26 Feb 2013

C4C Prague Event – Dec 2012

Events
C4C Prague Event – Dec 2012

Letter to European Commissioners – Nov 2012

Statements
Letter to European Commissioners – Nov 2012

C4C Brussels Event – June 2012

Events
C4C Brussels Event – June 2012

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