policy recommendation #1The term of copyright protection should be reduced.
policy recommendation #3Harmonize Exceptions and Limitations of the Copyright Directive among the Member States and open up the exhaustive list.
policy recommendation #4Identification of works in the public domain should be made easier by simplifying and harmonizing rules of copyright duration and territoriality.
policy recommendation #5Digital reproductions of works that are in the Public Domain must also belong to the Public Domain.
policy recommendation #6Any false or misleading attempt to misappropriate Public Domain material must be declared unlawful.
policy recommendation #7The Public Domain needs to be protected from the adverse effects of Technical Protection Measures.
policy recommendation #8Full copyright protection should only be granted to works that have been registered by their authors.
policy recommendation #10Memory Institutions must be enabled to fulfill their traditional function in the online environment.
policy recommendation #11Digitization projects that receive public funding must at the minimum ensure that all digitized content is publicly available online.
policy recommendation #12Access to copyright protected works for education and research purposes must be facilitated by strengthening existing exceptions and limitations.
policy recommendation #14In order to support the emerging culture of sharing copyright protected works alternative reward systems and cultural flat rate models should be explored.