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Europeana Copyright Community

Who we are

The Europeana Copyright community is a group of professionals interested in copyright and digital cultural heritage. 

What we do

We cultivate, curate and share knowledge around the topic of copyright in the cultural heritage sector. We run dedicated communications channels to help professionals access tools, resources and news around copyright as well as to discuss best practices across the sector.

Why join?

  • Shape copyright practices that serve the needs of the digital cultural heritage sector
  • Stay informed about copyright trends, legal and policy changes, rights information and approaches to clearing rights
  • Share best practice, connect with like-minded professionals and promote your activities through our mailing list
  • Contribute to advancing digital cultural heritage in Europe by engaging with our projects, task forces and working groups

Activities and resources

Policy and office hours

Discover learnings from the Community's regular events

Watch the recordings

Task Forces and Working Groups

Out of Commerce works Working Group
Title:
Helsingin rautatieasema, perspektiivipiirustus keskushallista, 1913
Creator:
Saarinen, Eliel
Institution:
Museum of Finnish Architecture
Country:
Finland

Out of Commerce works Working Group

This Working Group provides a space to exchange information and recommend approaches to successfully use the legal solution to make out of commerce works available online.

Meet the Steering Group

Upcoming events

Expressing reuse conditions in digital cultural heritage
Title:
Databank in computers in de stadsbibliotheek
Creator:
Janssens, Felix
Date:
1990
Institution:
City Archives' s-Hertogenbosch
Country:
Netherlands
24 October 2024
10:00 — 12:00 Online

Expressing reuse conditions in digital cultural heritage

This training course - run as part of Europeana Academy - will run in October 2024. It outlines the rights statements available which can support a cultural heritage institution to communciate reuse conditions.

Latest news

AI ‘opt-outs’: should cultural heritage institutions (dis)allow the mining of cultural heritage data?
Title:
Diamond washing, machine de Beers
Date:
c.1890 - c.1896
Institution:
Rijksmuseum
Country:
The Netherlands

AI ‘opt-outs’: should cultural heritage institutions (dis)allow the mining of cultural heritage data?

Created: 22 August 2024

In 2019, the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive allowed the analysis of large amounts of copyright-protected data through ‘text and data mining’ techniques, while giving rightsholders the possibility to refuse permission for their copyright-protected data to be mined. This ‘refusal’ is now being applied in practice by cultural heritage institutions. What legal and ethical questions does this raise?

Copyright office hours: a review of the Europeana Public Domain Charter
Title:
Zwei Personen in volkstümlicher Kleidung mit einem Pferd im Grünen
Creator:
Joža Uprka
Date:
1917
Institution:
Albertina
Country:
Austria

Copyright office hours: a review of the Europeana Public Domain Charter

Created: 1 August 2024

The Europeana Public Domain Charter was developed in 2010 to ensure that cultural heritage could be reused as widely as possible. The Europeana Article 14 Task Force is reviewing the Charter to ensure that it continues to respond to relevant challenges. Discover the review process, and the feedback received during an online copyright office hours session dedicated to the topic.

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