Communia at the CC Summit18 - International Communia Association

"The Creative Commons Global Summit is each year one of the key events for the open community. Next week, we are packing our bags and joining over 500 open activists and copyright reform advocates in Toronto. Communia has been founded largely by Creative Commons activists, who wanted to support the Public Domain and do something about European copyright reform. We share with CC the values of the (digital) commons and strive for a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world where creativity can blossom.

The Summit is for us first of all an opportunity to plan collaboration with other activists for the coming year. This year, the Summit program has a strong focus on copyright reform and we are excited to build together the Creative Commons Copyright Reform Platform. We will also contribute to discussion about global copyright reform, copyright and education, copyright and cultural heritage and users’ rights. You can track all our sessions in the Summit’s Sched system. And follow us on Twitter for live updates from the event.

Copyright reform

One of most pressing issues in the European Union for us is the copyright reform and the progress around the DSM proposal. However, copyright reform does not only take place in the EU. Therefore we have dedicated multiple sessions to exchange information on the different challenges, activities and victories.

The World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is considering a possible treaty on exceptions and limitations for education and research. Members of the Copyright Reform Platform are invited to meet as a legislative drafting committee and ‘mark up’ a draft proposal during the ‘WIPO Workshop: Education Treaty Mark-Up’ (14th of April, Saturday, 09.00-10.00).

During the ‘Copyright Reform Platform Session’ (15th of april, Sunday, 16.00) we will examine what is going on around the world and whether we need to organise ourselves globally when it comes to copyright reform. We will dive in the same topic during the session ‘Advocacy campaign – sharing experiences, failures and victories’ (13th of April, Friday, 14.45) especially focussed on advocacy campaign and how to make talking about regulations and legal changes appealing...."