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Book promotion: Eben Moglen "Freedom in the cloud and other essays"
On October 29, 2013 in Nie Zawsze Musi Być Chaos there was an open meeting promoting the collection of texts by Ebena Moglena translated and published by the Modern Poland Foundation.You can watch the...
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Google Book Project & fair use issue
Ruling in Google Books Library case was announced last week by Judge Denny Chin.The decision referrers to the litigation between Authors Guild and Google which has been still ongoing despite the...
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The text of the TTIP will not be published
A consultative meeting concerning the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement between the European Union and the United States (TTIP) has recently taken place in the polish Ministry of...
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Open Call for CopyCamp 2014
We are pleased to have launched an Open Call for speakers at the International CopyCamp Conference 2014. This year we will focus on the social impacts of copyright. CopyCamp will take place on November...
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CopyCamp 2014: post-conference publication online
Each year artists and producers, European Parliament members, Pirates, collecting societies, librarians and lawyers, scientists, politicians and educators from all over the world meet in Warsaw to...
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CopyCamp 2016 Open Call
We are pleased to launch an Open Call for Speakers at the 5th International CopyCamp Conference (October 27-28, 2016 in Warsaw).Open Call Deadline: July 31, 2016Presentation proposals must be submitted...
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CopyCamp open call extended
If you missed the deadline for the open call of CopyCamp 2016 do not worry – we wait for your submission for few more additional days – until August 10th.Presentation proposals must be submitted at:...
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Rufus Pollock at CopyCamp 2016
Join us on October 27th at CopyCamp where Rufus Pollock will tell why ALL public data should be made open. Dr. Pollock is the founder of Open Knowledge and advises on open data to several governments....
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Ana Ramalho at CopyCamp 2016
New rights for publishers are among EC proposals for the copyright reform. On October 28th, at CopyCamp Ana Ramalho will tell us whether it is a bone to throw, in particular in the light of such EU...
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Alicja Peszkowska at CopyCamp 2016
On Thursday, October 27th we plan a special session at CopyCamp about author’s remuneration. Alicja Peszkowska will talk there about Creative Commons licenses and how they affect artist’s (business)...
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Anikó Grad-Gyenge at CopyCamp 2016
The Visegrad track of this CopyCamp is full of Open Science. Join us on October 27th for the presentation of prof. Anikó Grad-Gyenge, who will tell about Hungarian Open Access. She is the Head of the...
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Jody Wood at CopyCamp 2016
Copyright is not the only tool used to create intellectual monopolies. Freedom and ownership (of information) of ourselves is what Jody Wood will talk about at CopyCamp in her presentation titled...
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Olga Goriunova at CopyCamp 2016
Will copyright law soon become irrelevant in the age of machine learning? We are looking forward to hearing Olga Goriunova’s point of view discussing ownership, data and digital subjects. Dr Goriunova...
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Mikołaj Iwański at CopyCamp 2016
Authors’ social rights. We cannot wait to hear the keynote of this year’s session on remunerating authors at CopyCamp. On October 27th it will be given by dr. Mikołaj Iwański, economist, head of...
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Therese Comodini Cachia at CopyCamp 2016
A European copyright fit for the digital age. This is the title of Therese Comodini Cachia’s keynote speech for CopyCamp 2016. Member of the European Parliament Dr. Comodini Cachia has been working as...
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Lisa Macklem at CopyCamp 2016
TTP, CETA, TTIP. Trade agreements are not suited for regulating copyrights – on October 28th this will be the topic of Lisa Macklem’s presentation at CopyCamp. Lisa is a Canadian lawyer researching the...
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CopyCamp 2016 workshops
Registration is open for workshops accompanying the CopyCamp. More at: http://copycamp.pl/en/info/workshops/
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Małgorzata Ciepłuch at CopyCamp 2016
At CopyCamp we look into the future. And in the very near future computer programs could have copyrights just as people do. Małgorzata Ciepłuch will tell us about this in detail. She graduated form the...
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Anna Smolar at CopyCamp 2016
At CopyCamp, Anna Smolar will tell us about the production of the play Henrietta Lacks (more about the play at:...
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Stephen Wyber at CopyCamp 2016
The tough role of libraries as intermediaries between existing and aspiring authors is the topic of Stephen Wyber’s speech at CopyCamp. He works at the International Federation of Library Associations...
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Dániel Szabó at CopyCamp 2016
Copyright as Copyright as an Exemption in Freedom of Information Law. This is the title of the CopyCamp’s presentation of Dániel G. Szabó, a representative of Hungarian Helsinki Committee.
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Michal Dubovan at CopyCamp 2016
Michal Dubovan, Senior Councillor at the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic opens the Friday (28th) CopyCamp session on copyright in the Visegrad Group. He will talk about the Czech...
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Copyright reform workshops at CopyCamp 2016
On October 27th at CopyCamp we will hear Dimitar Dimitrov from Wikimedia speaking about copyright public policy. On the same day, Dimitar will lead a workshop about advocating for a good copyright...
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Jacek Dehnel at CopyCamp 2016
Jacek Dehnel will tell us at CopyCamp about using other people’s work in own creations. Jacek is a poet, writer, translator and painter. Laureate of the Kościelscy Prize (2005), Polityka Passport...
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Premiere of the book by Konrad Gilściński - CopyCamp 2016
„...abundantly illustrated view on the copyright system through the ages…” – comments dr Sybilla Stanisławska-Kloc on Konrad Gliściński’s book that will have its première this Friday, 12:00 at CopyCamp...
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CopyCamp 2016 summary
Now that CopyCamp 2016 is behind us we wanted to share a few words on how it went.This year, the conference took place during Thursday 27th and and Friday 28th of October in Warsaw, Poland. It was the...
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CopyCamp 2016 post-conference publication is online
CopyCamp 2016 post-conference publication is here! Publikacja pokonferencyjna CopyCamp 2016 już jest! By far the most speakers came from the Visegrad Group (V4) countries, and we’d like to make their...
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CopyCamp 2017 open call deadline May 31st
The Modern Poland Foundation is glad to inform that Open Call for Speakers at the 6th International CopyCamp conference (September 28-29, 2017 in Warsaw) has launched. We invite our prospective...
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Fashion and Law - Magdalena Płonka and Joanna Porayska at CopyCamp 2017
Want to learn about copying in fashion? Join us at CopyCamp for the presentation of Magdalena Płonka (author of “Ethics in Fashion – CSR in textile industry”) and Joanna Porayska (journalist at...
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CopyCamp 2017 and Makers – Mitch Altman
Mitch Altman, inventor and hacker, is our guest at CopyCamp this year. He’s going to speak about the role of open hardware in society. Mitch is also going to visit some hackerspaces in Poland and hold...
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Rights to facts at CopyCamp
Can artists use facts in their works? Where lies the boundary between creativity and privacy? Aleksandra Sewerynik, lawyer and conductor, and Anna Kruszewska, legal counsel, will answer these questions...
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EU copyright reform and Free Software
What is the Free Software perspective on intermediary liability during the current EU copyright reform? Join us at CopyCamp for the presentation of Polina Malaja, Policy Analyst and the Legal...
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CopyCamp 2017: registration is now open!
How does copyright affect your life? What links copyright and culture, education, science, technology, health, and food? Find out at CopyCamp 2017: The Internet of Copyrighted Things! See you on 28-29...
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Wikimedians in defense of free panorama
Meet Eva Lepik and Raul Veede who are actively involved in fixing Freedom of Panorama right at EU level. At CopyCamp they will present the case of their home country Estonia and explain the importance...
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How artists cooperate with cultural institutions?
At CopyCamp, Małgorzata Gurdziel will share with us her vast experience from working in theatres and institutions supporting artists she co-founded. #copycamp
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An artist life in a new media world
What difficulties might you encounter when running your own non-profit art collective? Are CC licenses really encouraging creativity? At CopyCamp, we will hear Piotr Płucienniczak, independent artist,...
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Polish-German cooperation at CopyCamp
Our partners at CopyCamp 2017 include the Institut für Rechtsfragen der Freien und Open Source Software (ifrOSS.de) and Free Software Foundation Europe. It will result in an increased exchange of...
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Copyright in Education at CopyCamp
Delia Browne, the head of the Australian National Copyright Unit and co-founder of Peer 2 Peer University, is going to be our guest at CopyCamp 2017. Delia, who is an active advocate of open...
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Access to medicines at CopyCamp
James Love, director of Knowledge Ecology International, will talk at CopyCamp about proposals for international cooperation in public research and support for cancer drugs
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CopyCamp in Linux Magazine
We have just received our printed copy of the German Linux Magazin, featuring news about CopyCamp ! This year we will pay particular attention to exchange of Polish-German experiences in copyright...
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CopyCamp 2017 programme
We are happy to announce the programme of this year’s CopyCamp. Admission is free, but seat number is limited, so register quickly at www.copycamp.pl!
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CopyCamp 2017 workshops
See the workshops we prepared for this year’s CopyCamp and register! (https://copycamp.pl/en/info/workshops/). This year:Team of experts from the National Museum of Denmark (Jacob Riddersholm Wang,...
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Autonomous vehicles at CopyCamp
Before looking under the hood of an autonomous vehicle – consult your lawyer. Iga Bałos will tell us why at CopyCamp. Admission is free, but seat number is limited. Register today at:...
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Digitising heritage at CopyCamp
This year at CopyCamp Jacob Wang, Pernille Feldt, and Martin Appelt, representing Danish heritage institutions, will share their experience in digitising national heritage. Apart from a presentation,...
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Hacking with Care at CopyCamp 2017
Defending freedom of the internet can be absorbing to a degree that threatens individuals’ health or even life. Jérémie Zimmermann, co-founder of Hacking with Care will appear at CopyCamp and will also...
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User rights at CopyCamp
We have just updated the list of our CopyCamp workshops with one more meeting. It will be about researching the impact of expanding user rights in copyright. The workshop will be conducted by: Teresa...
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Machines composing music at CopyCamp
To replace composers with computers take a musical archive and a learning algorithm. A program that implements the algorithm will create a model of a digital composer, who in turn will compose own...
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About the (End of) Ownership at CopyCamp
When we buy something, what does it mean exactly? This year at CopyCamp, Aaron Perzanowski (co-author, The End of Ownership) will tell us about property in the digital world. Register: http://copycamp.pl
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Ukrainian perspective on digitizing heritage
Maksym Naumko will tell us at CopyCamp 2017 about challenges for digitisation projects in a state where there is no freedom of panorama and decommunization laws require that remains of the previous...
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Do artists know copyright?
Copyright affects us all as we are all authors nowadays. At the same time few artists know how to work without infringing copyright. Various customs evolve, but they rarely have anything in common with...
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