CopyCamp 2016
The 5th International CopyCamp Conference took place on October 27-28, 2016 in Warsaw, under the theme „Future of Copyright in Europe”
The conference opened with parallel sessions by Dr. Olga Goriunova, Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture from the University of London, addressing the idea of ownership in the age of machine learning, in regard to data, profiles and digital subjects. Dr. Rufus Pollock, an economist and founder of the Open Knowledge, then spoke about the need to build an open information era.
We encourage you to watch the recording of a keynote speech titled „A European copyright fit for the digital age”, given by Dr. Therese Comodini Cachia, Member of the European Parliament and the rapporteur for the proposed Directive on copyright in the Single Digital Market.
Also among our special guests were Michal Dubovan, a senior adviser at the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic responsible for copyright legislation and supervision of collective management organizations, Konrad Gliściński, author of the book „All rights reserved. The history of disputes over copyright. 1469 – 1928,” which had its premiere during the conference, Jonas Holm legal advisor, working with LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries), Mikołaj Iwański, economist (Academy of Art in Szczecin), and Agustin Reyna (senior lawyer for consumer organization BEUC).
All conference presentations are available at:
For the last 5 years, CopyCamp has been a place of a balanced and multi-sided debate about copyright. We have provided a forum for a remarkable number of representatives of cultural institutions and the media, creative sectors, academic, legal, political and non-governmental circles. From Warsaw, we are reaching out towards renowned international speakers. Most of them are from the European Union, including the Visegrad Group, but there are also representatives of other European countries and of the USA.
Thematic tracks:
- Copyright and Art
- Remuneration Models
- Copyright, Education and Science
- Technology, Innovation and Copyright
- Copyright and Human Rights
- Copyright Enforcement
- Copyright Debate
- Copyright Lawmaking
A special V4 track was an opportunity to share experiences, build up cooperation and create common ground for Visegrad Group countries in the context of the UE legislation.
Partners of the conference
Strategic Partners of the conference are International Visegrad Fund, Google and ZIPSEE Cyfrowa Polska.
CopyCamp is part of the Future of Copyright project conducted by the Modern Poland Foundation.