Nov 25, 2008

Green Paper on Copyright in the Knowledge Economy_November2008

On 16 July 2008 the European Commission proposed an Intellectual Property package, including a green paper on ëcopyright in the knowledge economyí. The Commission invited stakeholders to participate in the debate on how knowledge for research, science and education can best be disseminated in the online environment.
The consultation is seeking input in two parts: one on exceptions to exclusive rights as formulated in the Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC) and the other on the protection of databases (Directive 96/9/EC).
Equally as museums, other cultural institutions such as opera houses, theatres or orchestras have an archive of recorded events and of compositions, libretti and plays.
Indeed, just as museums, live performance institutions, which usually also receive public funding, and have a non-profit legal status, do also have a duty to make publicly available the archive material.

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