Tag: IPR

Conference “Impact of recent European initiatives on the digitisation of works, 7th June, Brussels

logo-crids30 May 2013 –  Large scale digitsation projects, mainly undertaken by libraries and archives, are absolutely indispensable for the promotion of the knowledge society and public access to culture. These projects are all confronted with the challenge of copyright. To date, European Institutions don’t have a specific solution for mass-digitisation.

Over the past two years, three European initiatives have been set up in order to facilitate (large scale) digitisation and the access to works which are still in copyright: The Directive 2012/28/EU on Orphan Works, the Memorandum of Understanding on Works out-of-Commerce between libraires, publishers and collecting societies (2011), and the structured Stakeholder Dialogue “Licences for Europe”,  a joint initiative launched by the Commisioners Barnier, Kroes and Vassiliou in February 2013. 

Aim of the conference organised by CRIDS – Centre de Recherche sur Information, Droit et Société (Université de Namur) is to  envisage the impact of these initiatives on the digitisation process and the availibility of works online. Nicola Mazzanti, ACE president and director of the Cinémathèque royale de Belgique, will speek about the necessity of  digitisation in the audiovisuel sector.

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Location: Fondation universitaire – Rue d’Egmont 11, 1000 Bruxelles
Tarif: 150 EUR

 

 

 

 

Increase availability of European films for research – Petition by University of Udine

14 March 2013 – Yesterday, at the XX Udine International Film Studies Conference ( 12-14 March) students, researchers and University professors have launched a petition to the European Parliament, the EU Council and the European Commission to increase the availability of  films to the wider public, but also for research and educational purposes by fostering the digitisation of European films and their diffusion; to create a safe legal environment in which films can be freely used in the context of research and education at all levels.

You can read more and sign the petition here:
https://www.change.org/petitions/european-commission-and-european-parliament-increase-availability-of-european-films-for-research

XX Udine International Film Studies Conference, 12-14 March

11 March 2013 – The digital revolution and the birth of Web 2.0 has fundamentally transformed the media landscape. As a consequence, the question of intellectual copyright is at the very center of the public debate and has also begun to draw the attention of scholars and researcher.

The conference “Who’s What? Intellectual Copyright in the Digital Era” will discuss different aspects of this transformation. One section is dedicated to “Property and the Archives”. Nicola Mazzanti (Cinémathèque royale de Belgique, ACE president) and Leontine Bout (EYE Film Institute Netherlands) will present the film archives perspective and speak about the impact of current copyright legislation on their daily work. A round table coordinated by the Association des Cinémathèques Europénnes will look into chances and limitations for using orphan films in view of the European Directive on orphan works.

The Udine conference is part of filmforum, an international festival devoted to cinema and the contemporary visual arts. It brings together scientific research, the dissemination of culture, and exhibition shows. FilmForum takes place in Udine and Gorizia and it offers conferences, meetings, workshops and screenings. It also hosts the Limina Award for Italian and international books on film. The festival addresses a wide-ranging  audience which includes specialists, scholars and students in audiovisual and new media studies as well as fans of cinema and visual culture.

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Call for papers: Who’s What? Intellectual Property in the Digital Era

13 September 2012

filmforum 2013 / XX Udine International Film Studies Conference, 12-14 March 2013

 The question of intellectual property in the digital era is at the very centre of the public debate and has also begun to draw the attention of scholars and researchers. Interested in the interplay between early cinema practices and contemporary developments,  the XX Udine International Film Studies Conference calls for papers on the following topics: The original and the copy, Plagiarism and imitation, Author and authors, Referent and image, Property and the archive.

filmforum is an international festival devoted to cinema and the contemporary visual arts that takes place in Udine and Gorizia, Italy.

Deadline for proposals: 1 November 2012

Please check the filmforum website for further information