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Presentation of prof. Eben Moglen at the CopyCamp conference is available at copycamp.pl.

On the 1st of October 2013, the II International CopyCamp conference was held in Warsaw, in Muranów cinema. The event was devoted to the subject of copyright in Poland and abroad and had strong representation in both guests of the conference and its participants. 43 presentations on various aspects of copyright given by lawyers, artists, medievists, sociologists, philosophers, economists, cultural managers, representatives of business, etc. proved that the subject of copyright is interesting and crucial for all of us.

We are pleased to announce that we have started an open call for speakers at CopyCamp 2013 – the international conference devoted to the subject of copyright.

Everyone who is interested in the subject of copyright and would like to express their opinion can submit a presentation proposal by the 27th of August. The presentation summary of max. 1800 characters should be submitted at copycamp.pl. On the basis of the proposal summary, the appointed jury will select about 20 speakers of this year’s CopyCamp. *Please note: your presentation should not exceed 10 minutes.

Please find more information at copycamp.pl!

We are happy to present a film reportage from the conference Copyright – in search of flexibility, which took place on May 24, 2013 in Zachęta – National Gallery of Art. The conference was devoted to searching of possible flexibilities of the current copyright system in Poland in the context of the European legislation.

The keynote speaker of the conference was prof. Bernt Hugenholtz from the Institute of Information Law at the University in Amsterdam.

The meeting was organized by the international coalition Copyright for Creativity with cooperation of Modern Poland Foundation and Centrum Cyfrowe: Projekt Polska.

The film is available under the CC BY-SA licence.

Modern Poland Foundation is again asking people all over the world about their vision of the future of copyright. There are now 4 days to go before the end of the crowd founding campaign and there are 4 weeks left before the deadline to submit the work for the Future of Copyright Contest.

The Modern Poland Foundation announced the second edition of the contest on the future of copyright law.
Like last year, we invite you to write, sing and record about the visions of the future of copyright law. Also we encourage you to support this project by funding the prizes.
On the contest page you can find the rules for participation in the contest and support the pool of prizes to participants.
The deadline is 1st July 2013. The work must be published under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.

The picture attached is a remix based on Leonardo da Vinci’s „Lady with an Ermine” and Johannes Vermeer’s „Girl with a Pearl Earring”, remix by Radek Czajka.

Translation: Paulina Wawer

The consultation on the Open Public Resources Bill carried out by the Ministry of Administration and Digitization has attracted considerable attention from various groups.
Due to a lot of critical opinions, the Ministry has decided to respond to the most frequent complaints that – by the institution itself – are rather interpreted as doubts regarding the Bill. At the same time, the consultation deadline has been extended to February 5.

translation: Monika Szewczyk

On 17 January in Strasbourg, Michał Boni, the Minister of Administration and Digitization, participated in a meeting of the European Parliament working group specializing in personal data protection. With regards to the last year’s protests against ACTA, Mr Boni said: ‘The efficiency and effectiveness of a state depends on a good connection between an intelligent government and rule, and an open government and rule. The former means appropriate and citizen-oriented use of new technologies, the latter (‘open government’) – wider access to information, the right to use and modify this information, adjusting it to their needs’.
Further he stated: ‘We need to take into account the rights of authors, but also the rights of the contents’ users as well as the fact that there are mechanisms of the contents’ circulation. We also need to look for new business models and remove any existing obstacles’.

Translation: Monika Szewczyk

The Modern Poland Foundation has launched a social campaign 'The Right to Culture’. Its main goal is to enhance public awareness of freedoms under the copyright law.

The message is carried by three simple statements which are consistent with the copyright law, but often wrongly seen as a violation:

I have the right to copy books.
I have the right to download films.
I have the right to share music.