The document discusses the copyright community established in 2018 by the Digital Europe Aggregator (DEA) to build an engaged community on copyright issues. It provides background on the community's growth from 159 members in 2018 to 750 members in 2019. It also outlines the steering group composition and discusses ideas for increasing participation and membership, such as identifying common pain points, developing workshops on the EU copyright directive, and better utilizing communication channels.

2. Rights update
CC BY-SA
Together, we can help each other
meet the copyright challenges that
we all experience in the process of
making our digital collections
available online for reuse

3. Rights update
CC BY-SA
our working environment
An unfit legal framework..it’s a long game. We have advocated for reform of EU
copyright rules for over 5 years, and there are another few years to go before we’ll see
tangible change (irrespective of the progress of the © directive)
Evolving policy frameworks = (1) DEA is being updated -> leads to long term Metis
requirements, (2) The Licensing Framework should to be updated to address the
current reality and our future challenges, (3) institution policies evolving towards open
Gaps in knowledge & skill in CHI = Copyright knowledge is not typically a core skill for
people who work with cultural heritage, we’re trying to help with that through ⇓
Scattered or missing tool & resources = Not enough tools, hidden, out of date, don’t
scale, member state specific …

4. Rights update
CC BY-SA
the history of our community
2012-2017 we established the foundations of our community. In this time we build a
community of aggregators interested in copyright, a working group and periodic task
forces. We addressed challenges such as developing new right statements (OOC-NC),
played role in the foundation of the rightsstatements.org consortium, developed and
updated the copyright reform advocacy mandate, and supported a revision of the DEA.
The copyright community was established in 2018 , seeking to build an engaged
community.
Membership in 2018* = 159 members, approximately 80% network members. Three
newsletter were shared, one translations trial and a webinar. Members were invited to
share articles and idea through the newsletter.
Membership in 2019** = 750 members, approximately 95% network members

5. Rights update
CC BY-SA
Composition:
2 x Members Councillor
2 x Community Member
1 x Community Manager
Chair: Paul Keller (term tbc)
Vice chair: vacant (must be MC)
Member #1: vacant
Member #2: vacant
Manager: Julia Fallon
steering group
? ? ?

6. Rights update
CC BY-SA
resources at our disposal

7. Rights update
CC BY-SA
what have we done so far?
First Newsletter in March 2018
➔ Call to join the community
➔ Calls to action
◆ Translation trial

8. Rights update
CC BY-SA
...and so on ...

9. Rights update
CC BY-SA
ideas for increasing participation
Identify common pain points within the community ->
develop approaches to meet them
Develop copyright directive workshop -> inform members,
encourage debate
Better utilise communication channels -> as a loudspeaker
Hitchcock: Copyright
CC BY-SA

10. Rights update
CC BY-SA
ideas for increasing membership
Better understand the current members & their needs
Better meet the need of existing members
Before expanding membership

11. what about you
what else can we try?