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• 22.1.2021
• News

Study: Private copying remains nearly unchanged

According to an early 2021 study, there were no significant changes in private copying in 2020. A study performed by Taloustutkimus and commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Culture indicates that the total number of private copying in 2020 was about 258–276 million music or video files as legal private copies.

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• 19.1.2021
• News

Meet the new members of the Kopiosto board of directors

Two new members were appointed to the Kopiosto Board of Directors by the member organisations of Kopiosto in their autumn meeting in December: Chief Steward Anu Kähkönen and Legal Director Ismo Huhtanen. Anu and Ismo represent the Union of Finnish Radio and TV Journalists and the newspaper and magazine publisher organisations, respectively. Learn more about them from this interview.

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• 15.1.2021
• News

National Library of Finland made digitised versions of newspapers and magazines from the 1930s available to clients

A decade’s worth of digitised newspapers and magazines were made available when the National Library of Finland made all newspapers and magazines published in Finland by 31 December 1939 available. The newspapers and magazines are available to the public online at digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi. The extension of the collection is based on an agreement about the licences concerning the newspapers and magazines between the National Library of Finland and Kopiosto.

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• 16.12.2020
• News

All Swedish-language newspapers published in Finland will be digitised 2024

In the next three years, the National Library of Finland will digitise all Swedish-language newspapers published in Finland. The project is made possible by the grants worth a total of EUR 1.85 million awarded by eight Finland-Swedish funds and foundations. The newspapers will be made available online and in archives and legal deposit collections in Helsinki, Mariehamn, Vaasa and Turku, among others. Agreements about licences have been made with Kopiosto.

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• 11.12.2020
• News

Kopiosto paid EUR 2.5 million in copyright remunerations to authors and publishers

In December, we paid EUR 2.5 million in copying remunerations to authors and publishers. The remunerations are paid to 26 member organisations representing different cultural and communication industries.

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• 25.11.2020
• News

Authors and publishers highlight the significance of the quality of learning materials

The authors and publishers of learning materials are worried that high-quality, published learning materials are no longer valued. The worry is related to the compulsory education reform, according to which students in secondary education would be provided with free learning materials.

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• 25.11.2020
• News

Compulsory education reform includes new open learning material

According to Minister of Education Li Andersson, the extension of compulsory education currently being prepared is not a mechanical reform but a more extensive shift in mindset. Providing more extensive free access to education is also an important part of the reform: “Society’s goal is to provide every young person with an opportunity to complete secondary education.”

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• 23.11.2020
• News

Copyright Barometer 2020: Authors in creative industries are valued, copyrights are important

A clear majority of Finnish people still consider copyrights to be important, according to the latest Copyright Barometer. Copyright organisations and remunerations are also considered necessary. The Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC) commissions Taloustutkimus to perform this study on an annual basis.

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• 13.11.2020
• News

Kopiosto distributes an additional million euros to audiovisual authors

The remunerations distributed to the authors and performers of television programmes come from the allocations set aside from the compensation for private copying and remuneration for educational recordings paid in 2015–2017.

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• 2.11.2020
• News

Kopiosto paid 1.4 million euros in public lending remunerations to visual artists

Kopiosto distributes public lending remunerations to the authors of visual and photographic works for the public lending of their works. This time, the distribution of the remunerations is based on the 2018 public lending statistics.

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