Hi all,
Back in 2011 the European Commission issued a Recommendation that called
for, among other things, making sure that digital copies of public domain
works remain in the public domain. [1] Although non-binding, this
Recommendation helped us convince the EU legislator in 2019 to get such an
article in the copyright reform of 2019.
Now the Commission is considering updating the document and is asking a
number of questions and giving us the opportunity to send it a position
paper until 14 September 2020.
I have set up a dedicated Meta-Page [2] where I hope you will help me come
up with great answers to the questions. If there are things you think we
should suggest outside of the provided space for answers, this can go into
our position paper. Please message me either on or off list or add it to
the bottom of the page (last section).
I know there are plenty of cultural heritage and digitisation experts in
this group, so I am certain we will stand out by providing great input and
ideas for the new Recommendation. Please don't hesitate to circulate this
to other channels.
Thanks in advance for helping out.
Cheers,
Dimi
[1]https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32011H0711
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Consultation_on_a_Digital_Cultura…