As long-time supporters of Open Source, we had high expectations of last week’s European Commission ambitious workshop ‘Open Source Beyond 2020’. These expectations were exceeded. The event gathered an impressive group of representatives of the relevant stakeholder groups, spanning industry, research, advocacy, and policy-making. But what was particularly encouraging was the way the Commission ... [Continue Reading]
OFE welcomes new Cybersecurity Act
Building on progress made, we stress the need for openness and transparency in implementation On the occasion of the into force of the EU Cybersecurity Act on 27 June 2019, OpenForum Europe (OFE) wishes to reiterate its strong support for an institutionally bolstered and better resourced European Cybersecurity Agency. We look forward to continue to provide input into the upcoming Cybersecurity ... [Continue Reading]
OFE Suggestions for Cybersecurity Act Trilogue
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]
