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EDCINE WORKSHOPS - PART IIWithin the framework of the EU-funded EDCine project, the Cinémathèque Royale de Bruxelles, Fraunhofer IIS (Erlangen) and MOG Solutions (Oporto) organise a series of workshops addressed to archivists and professionals responsible for the archiving, digitising and distribution of archival materials. ... Read more...
14 May 2009
Cinema RitrovatoThe 23rd edition of the Cinema Ritrovato Film Festival takes place from 27 June to 4 July 2009 in Bologna.
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12 May 2009
Conference on 'Digital Access to Cultural Heritage' in PragueThe conference will take place at the University of Economics in Prague on 26 May 2009. It is organised by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. ... Read more...
12 May 2009
'Cultural Heritage online - Empowering users: an active role for user communities'
Call for Papers The conference 'Cultural Heritage online' will take place in Florence, Italy, from 15-16 December 2009. Organised and presented by the Fondazione Rinascimento, the Digitale Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali and the Library of Congress, it aims to explore, analyse, and evaluate the state of the art and future trends in user communities and cultural contents on the web from an international perspective and bring together academic researchers, policy makers and practitioners. ...
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07 May 2009
Green Paper 'Copyright in the Knowledge Economy'The Green Paper focuses on the role of copyright in fostering dissemination of knowledge for research, science and education. More than 300 institutions and stakeholders have replied to the public consultation. ... Read more...
07 May 2009
EuropeanaConnect and EuropeanaTravel now onlineEuropeanaConnect and EuropeanaTravel are two in a series of projects funded by the European Commission's eContentplus programme, working towards the development of Europeana, the European digital library. ...
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25 Apr 2009
European Parliament extends copyright term for sound recordingsOn Thursday 23 April 2009, the European Parliament has voted to extend the term of copyright for sound recordings across the European Union from 50 to 70 instead of 95 years, as originally proposed by the European Commission. ... Read more...
20 Apr 2009
Swedish court finds Pirate Bay defendants guiltyIn a landmark case four men behind The Pirate Bay, a high-profile-file-sharing website based in Sweden, have been found guilty of breaking copyright law by the Stockholm district court. They were sentenced to one year in jail and ordered to pay 30 million Swedish Krona (€ 2,74 million) in damages to the record and film industry for helping internet users download protected music, movies and computer games. The website, which has an estimated 25 million active users, lists hundreds of thousands of “torrent” files, which link the user to content including Hollywood films, music tracks from international artists and software from leading companies held on the user's computers. ...
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31 Mar 2009
TRANSISTOR - Workshop on PreservationSupported by the MEDIA Training Programme of the European Union.
An exceptional opportunity to meet with international leaders in the fields of preservation and digitalisation! ... Read more...
18 Mar 2009
Sweden: Resistance mounts to IPRED lawOn 1st of April, the new IPRED (Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive) law comes into force. Copyright owners will have the mandate to go to court and demand the names of a subscriber behind an IP address. The aim is to track down those which have downloaded copyrighted material without paying for it. ... Read more...
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