• Policy office hours on data governance and the Europeana Licensing Framework

    Online

    Join this copyright office hours session to talk about data governance and the Europeana Licensing Framework with peers and experts in the copyright community. The webinar, organized by the Europeana Copyright Community, will be held online. Registration will be available soon!

  • Copyright office hours on collective rights management

    Online

    Join this copyright office hours session to discuss collective rights management: understanding how this type of licensing works, when it is suitable, and how to best negotiate licensing conditions, with peers and experts in the copyright community. The webinar, organized by the Europeana Copyright Community, will be held online. Register now!

  • Public Domain Day 2025

    Royal Library of Belgium

    This event, organised collaboratively between Europeana, Creative Commons, Communia, Meemoo, KBR, Wikimedia Belgium and Wikimedia Europe, celebrates Public Domain Day in 2025. It will be held in the KBR - Royal Library of Belgium and online. The Public Domain Day will give you an overview about recent developments in the sector and institutions are invited […]

  • Copyright Office Hours: Reconciling openness with data protection and privacy

    Online

    This online session is organised by the Europeana Copyright Community and hosts a presentation of data protection guidelines for libraries, archives and museums developed in Finland. The session will naturally include the possibility to share solutions and concerns in an open discussion. You can visit the event's website on Europeana Pro or go directly to […]

  • Copyright Office Hours: Evaluating risk in copyright clearance

    Online

    Measuring risk regarding copyright clearance is a common problem among cultural heritage institutions. The uncertainty can be traced back to general grey areas for specific situations in copyright law. The question is: How can we face these grey areas? These office hours will discuss various examples of cultural heritage organisations measuring risk, and some tools […]

  • Copyright Office Hours: Public domain basics and copyright clearance

    Online

    The Copyright Office Hours, organised by the Copyright Community, will cover the public domain field on November 5th. They will discuss how public domain materials can be identified, used, and made available. In addition, there will be a focus on two tools to support cultural heritage professionals working in that field. Visit the website or […]

  • Public Domain Day in Europe 2026

    Royal Library of Belgium

    Like every year, numerous heritage works will enter the public domain on 1st January. This event aims to celebrate the public domain and focus on the hardships that still sustain with opening up these materials. The event is co-organised by meemoo and will take place in the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) in Brussels. The […]

  • Copyright office hours: Rights clearance in audiovisual material

    Online

    This time's copyright office hours, organised by the Copyright Community, will cover the complex copyright spedifications of audiovisual materials. Common questions and problems will be adressed in an informal communication space. The event will take place online on March 24, 2026. Visit the official website of the event for more information!  

  • Copyright basics for cultural heritage professionals

    Online

    This event is organised by Europeana Academy and takes place on 7 April 2026. This course aims to help you understand the basics of copyright, and to help you apply these concepts in order to determine if, and which, copyright exists in cultural heritage collections. Making such an identification is crucial for cultural heritage organisations […]

  • Expressing reuse conditions in digital cultural heritage

    Online

    This event is organised by Europeana Academy and takes place on 9 April 2026. Rights statements express the copyright status of a digital object and provide information about how someone can re-use the object. This course outlines and offers training on rights statements available which can support cultural heritage institution to communicating reuse conditions. It […]