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The Orphan Works Directive, adopted in 2012, sought to facilitate the making available online of materials whose rights holders are difficult to identify or locate. Find out about the results of a recent review of the Directive and the alternative solution available.
The Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive aims to harmonise certain aspects of EU Member States’ copyright legislation, and has important provisions for digital cultural heritage. Eric Luth (Wikimedia Sverige) and Larissa Borck (Sörmlands museum) tell you more about the legislative changes that took effect in Sweden.
In summer 2022, Vienna’s Albertina Museum put thousands of its digitised images into the public domain, many of which are available through the Europeana website. Douglas McCarthy interviews Martina Pichler to learn about the new open access policy and its benefits.
The Europeana Copyright Community’s ‘Policy office hours’ offer you a space to discuss relevant policy developments on copyright and digital cultural heritage with peers in the Europeana Network interested in the same matters.
