3.1.6. Reform Copyright

DiEM25 wants to fundamentally alter the approach to copyright. This includes the harmonisation of exceptions to copyright, by introducing a "fair use" concept with broad application, based on freedom of speech.

In addition, DiEM25 proposes a fundamental reform to the Berne Convention on Literary and Artistic Works of 1886, by updating it and making it suitable for the digital age. This includes measures such as making copyright subject to registration, and payment of a fee that increases with time, forcing collecting authorities to provide full transparency on the rights they claim to represent, the costs they charge, and how much they pay to the right holders, and reversing the burden of proof in copyright: unless something can be shown to be clearly under copyright, it must be in the public domain.