OpenForum Europe (OFE) appreciates and welcomes the progress made by the co-legislators in improving upon the proposal of the Commission and are pleased to see that many OFE core priorities are reflected in both the Parliament’s Report as well as the Council’s General Approach. OFE wishes to contribute to finding a timely conclusion to the negotiations through the below suggestions. On the ... [Continue Reading]
OFE Supports Opening the Copyright Mandate in Plenary
On June 20, the JURI committee of the European Parliament adopted Axel Voss’ (EPP, DE) report on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. The Council has already agreed on a Negotiating Position on the same legislative proposal. Before the two co-legislators enter into closed negotiations, one more opportunity remains for us to take a strong public stance in order to make the European policymakers ... [Continue Reading]
OFE publishes High Level Policy Paper on text and data mining
For the past months, OFE has been involved in an intensive research process regarding the various arguments and approaches relating to text and data mining (TDM) in Europe, which culminated with the paper published today, titled "An analytical review of text and data mining practices and approaches in Europe".We have done an extensive desk research, including most of the benchmark reports, such as ... [Continue Reading]
OFE signs open letter on the modernisation of EU copyright law
OFE together with other 29 signatories, counting trade associations, libraries, community organisations, consumer organisations and more, signed an open letter addressed to the Commission. In this letter we are asking for a Digital Single Market enabling creativity and innovation. We ask for an ambitious reform that is fit for purpose in the digital environment and that upholds and strengthens ... [Continue Reading]
OFE had its say on the new eGovernment Action Plan
Today marks the end of the Commission’s public consultation on a new eGovernment Action Plan for the period 2016-2020. OFE has complemented its answer to the questionnaire with a position paper in which we expressed our support for the Commission's initiative, but we also raised some concerns. All these documents are avilable in our Library section. ... [Continue Reading]
