Monthly Archives: June 2018

The Copyright Directive: Misinformation and Independent Enquiry

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Martin

A new academic statement has been released today in anticipation of the plenary vote in the European Parliament on the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive, scheduled for 5 July, 12:00. More than 200 academics from over 25 research … Continue reading →

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CREATe contributes to Summer School organised by Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Ally Farnhill

On Wednesday 20 June 2018, CREATe team members Amy Thomas and Ally Farnhill, led by CREATe Programme Leader Sukhpreet Singh, conducted a workshop for postgraduate research students attending the Scottish Graduate School for Art and Humanities (SGSAH) three day ‘Summer … Continue reading →

New Articles Published from CREATe Open Film Project

Posted on June 25, 2018 by admin

The CREATe Open Film: Open Source project has achieved a striking success in getting two linked articles accepted for publication in the journal Information, Communication and Society. The first paper is Evi Giannatou, Gian Marco Campagnolo, Michael Franklin, James K … Continue reading →

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‘Choose the Right Rights, Use the Data Right’: Upcoming Dataset Licensing Workshop

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Ally Farnhill

‘Choose the Right Rights, Use the Data Right’: Dataset Licensing Workshop Friday 29 June Hilton Grosvenor Hotel Glasgow This event, which is already fully subscribed, is the third in a series of workshops, run in collaboration between CREATe and the … Continue reading →

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Trying to CREATe some Organized Creativity: Impressions from a research visitor’s month in Glasgow

Posted on June 18, 2018 by admin

Blog by Konstantin Hondros, visiting researcher from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany In May 2018 I had the opportunity to visit CREATe as a research visitor. Based in Germany at the University of Duisburg-Essen and as part of the DFG-funded project “Organized … Continue reading →

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How much do we know about notice-and-takedown? Guest post on Kluwer Copyright Blog

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Kerry

CREATe Director Martin Kretschmer and Kristofer Erickson (Associate Professor of Media and Communication, University of Leeds), have written a post for the Kluwer Copyright blog on EU copyright enforcement. The article explores the dramatic change to the regime that governs the … Continue reading →

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The Copyright Directive: Access independent research!

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Martin

Copyright Reform. It’s a few votes away. The European Union may require those who share news to obtain licences first (permissions against payment). The European Union may require platforms to filter content uploaded by users (aimed at music files but … Continue reading →

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Lawful Creativity or Creative Lawfulness: CopyrightUser.org at the EYE International Conference 2018

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Bartolomeo Meletti

On 27th May 2018, I participated in a panel titled Resisting Copyright and Its Archival Implications, organised and chaired by Claudy Op den Kamp (Bournemouth University) as part of the EYE International Conference 2018 (EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, 26-29 May 2018). … Continue reading →