#FixCopyright: Copy explains 'Freedom of Panorama'
Channel: FixCopyright
Date: 2016-05-03

The European Commission consulted on 'Freedom of Panorama' in June 2016.  

The issue at stake is the ‘panorama exception’, or as the EC puts it the “use of works, such as works of architecture or sculpture, made to be located permanently in public places”. In plain English, it’s all about the use of images of public space in a personal or commercial context. To clarify the latter, you need to see ‘commercial’ as a broad concept, when you think of the fact that Wikimedia is considered a commercial outlet or when posting on a blog or social media platform that includes advertising could be interpreted as commercial. The issue here is that there is an un-harmonised exception in the EU copyright legislation.

A review is expected in the Fall of 2016 so more of Copy's adventures to follow then!