+1 for the congratulations. This is really great to see Article 14 implemented in the best possible way. This will get SE a bonus point in our implementation tracker at eurovision.communia-association.org /Paul — Director of Policy, Open Future | openfuture.eu | +31641374687 (Signal) > On 1 Dec 2022, at 10:55, publicpolicy-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > > Send Publicpolicy mailing list submissions to > publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/publicpolicy.lists.wikimedia.or… > > You can reach the person managing the list at > publicpolicy-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Publicpolicy digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Copyright Directive implemented in Swedish law (Eric Luth) > 2. Re: Copyright Directive implemented in Swedish law > (Franziska Putz) > 3. Re: Copyright Directive implemented in Swedish law (Lilli Iliev) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 09:14:02 +0100 > From: Eric Luth <eric.luth(a)wikimedia.se> > Subject: [Publicpolicy] Copyright Directive implemented in Swedish law > To: Publicpolicy Group for Wikimedia > <publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <CAH3ZCceJWQ2onsxR8eGN_H7WogZHdTv5ourTYYdYNxL6Zt=Skg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="00000000000079adda05eebfceed" > > Hi everyone, > > The Swedish parliament just voted (a few hours ago) on the final > implementation of the EU Copyright Directive in Swedish law. The vote > passed, which of course embeds all the issues with the EU Copyright > Directive in Swedish law, but also brings the good parts. > > I'd especially like to mention one thing that I'm very happy that we > succeeded with in our advocacy: to broaden the so called Article 14, often > phrased as the the 'safeguarding of the public domain', in the Swedish > implementation. > > The EU Copyright Directive states that no new copyright or related right > can be applied on digitizations / digital reproductions of 'works of visual > art' – a practice which has been fairly common in Sweden. Based on our > feedback and advocacy towards Swedish government and parliament, it was > however broadened to 'works of art', which certainly includes everything in > the grey zone between what could be defined as work of art and work of > visual art respectively (such as applied arts, handicraft, probably also > manuscripts etc.). > > In Sweden, the creation of the kinds of art works just mentioned have > historically been dominated by women – which also means that we have a much > stronger legal framework for making women's art visible online in Sweden. > > This will mean a whole new opportunity for working with the digitization of > the Swedish cultural heritage. > > Happy to reply to any questions on this (or anything else about the Swedish > implementation, of course). > > Best, > *Eric Luth* > Projektledare engagemang och påverkan | Project Manager, Involvement and > Advocacy > Wikimedia Sverige > eric.luth(a)wikimedia.se > +46 (0) 765 55 50 95 > > Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige. > Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se >