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The documents below reflect the ever changing Digital Environment; an area that many groups and organisations are still exploring and experimenting with to yield the best results.
This list is by no means exhaustive and will be updated regularly. - Commission Recommendations on collective cross-border management of copyright and related rights for legitimate online music services (European Commission 2005)
The European Commission released these recommendations on the management of online rights in musical works. They present measures for improving the EU-wide licensing of copyright for online services. Improvements are necessary because new Internet-based services such as webcasting or on-demand music downloads need a license that covers their activities throughout the EU. The absence copyright licenses has been one factor that has made it difficult for new internet-based music services to develop their full potential.
- Green Paper: Copyright in the Knowledge Economy (European Commission 2009)
This Green Paper focuses on the role of copyright in fostering the dissemination of knowledge for research, science and education. It is intended as a starting point for the structured debate on the long-term future of copyright policy in these fields. Copyright policy has increasingly emerged as an issue that involves not only the internal market and cultural policies but also information society, competition and consumer interests. The Green Paper is an attempt to organise this debate and point to future challenges in fields that have not been a focal point up to now, e.g. scientific and scholarly publishing, and the role of libraries, researchers and the persons with a disability.
- Draft report on defining a new Digital Agenda for Europe (European Parliament 2010)
This report is intended to provide guidance and inspiration, notably to the Commission, for the proposal of a comprehensive 2015 strategy for a new Digital Agenda, and subsequent action plan that will mobilise all appropriate EU sectors: funding, soft law, enforcement and, where necessary, targeted legislation.
- KEA Study: The Economy of Culture (KEA 2006) (full report) (executive summary)
Following an open invitation to tender, the European Commission selected KEA European Affairs to carry out this study, which
is a first at European level. It highlights the direct (in terms of GDP, growth and employment), as well as the indirect (links between creativity and innovation, links with the ICT sector, regional development and attractiveness) contribution of the cultural and creative sectors towards the Lisbon Agenda.
- KEA Study: The impact of Culture on Creativity (KEA 2009) (full report) (executive summary)
This study, carried out by KEA for the European Commission reveals the contribution of “culture-based creativity” to innovation. It illustrates the impact of culture in the development of new products, services and processes, driving technological innovation, stimulating research, optimising human resources, branding and communicating values, inspiring people to learn and building communities. The report calls for policies on innovation to recognise the cross-sectoral and multi-disciplinary aspect of creativity, which mix elements of “culture-based creativity”, with “economic” and “technological innovation.”
- Platform on the Potential of Cultural and Creative Industries, Recommendations (2009)
This document presents the recommendations of the Cultural Industries Stakeholders’ platform. They aim to unlock the potential of the European cultural and creative industries in particular SMEs. This will create the optimum conditions in Europe and ensure cultural and creative industries can deliver their full potential in cultural, economic and social terms.
OMC - Expert Working Group on maximising the potential of Cultural and Creative Industries, in particular, that of SMEs (2009) These interim recommendations of the EWG came out after six plenary sessions. They are organised according to the seven main issues that the working group see as affecting the potential of the cultural and creative industries.
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