“Kopiraittila offers an engaging and accessible way to help teachers and students understand copyright in today’s digital environment.”
This is how Carmen Cuartero López, Director of Communications at the Spanish copyright organisation CEDRO, describes the website. Spain’s version of Kopiraittila, Aula del Derecho de Autor, has been in operation since 2022.
The Finnish gamified approach to teaching copyright has also attracted interest elsewhere in Europe in recent years, with websites based on Kopiraittila having been launched in Sweden in 2019 and in Ireland in late 2025.
“We had hoped to move away from purely formal, information-heavy content and find a way to connect better with students and teachers,” says Jorid Lindberg, Assistant Director of the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency (ICLA).
“While looking at what other RROs were doing internationally, we saw how CEDRO had adapted Kopiraittila for Spain. It was exactly what we were looking for.”
The functional model can be adapted to a wide range of environments
Kopiraittila provides teachers with background information on copyright, as well as ready-made games and activities that can be used to explore the topic as part of teaching. Kopiosto launched the website in 2016 in collaboration with the Finnish National Agency for Education, the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Trade Union of Education in Finland (OAJ).
When other countries apply the Kopiraittila model, they retain the brand’s visual identity, the website’s structure and the gameplay logic of the original model. The information and game content on the websites are produced in each country’s own language and in accordance with local copyright legislation and the operating environment.
“Kopiraittila has a clear structure and strong content. Having a solid foundation made the adaptation process far more efficient than starting from scratch,” says Lindberg.
Cuartero López agrees that the model works:
“Kopiraittilas strength lies in combining universal principles with an interactive and modular approach, making it easy to adapt to different countries and education systems.”
Lindberg explains that Kopiraittila works particularly well in Ireland as part of the Transition Year programme. This programme between Junior Cycle and Senior Cycle emphasises personal development, creativity and hands-on learning rather than exams.
“Kopiraittila is easy to integrate into projects and activities, especially in encouraging discussion around creativity, ownership and responsible use of content,” says Lindberg.
Teachers’ need for support on copyright issues transcends borders
According to Kirsi Salmela, Kopiosto’s Director of Legal Affairs, despite the differences between legal and education systems, the needs of teachers in other countries are fairly similar to those here. Salmela has been responsible for the development of Kopiraittila from the very beginning.
“Over the years, Kopiraittila has been praised in particular for its high-quality, ready-to-use materials, which make lesson planning easier,” says Salmela.
According to Lindberg and Cuartero López, feedback from the website’s users in Ireland and Spain has also been very positive so far.
“Many have recognised it as an effective tool for promoting copyright awareness and responsible digital citizenship,” says Cuartero López.
Domestic collaboration supports the development of the website
The content on Kopiraittila is constantly updated to meet the demands of everyday school life. For example, Easy Finnish versions of the Kopiraittila games have been produced, and the website now features a wider range of educational material on intellectual property rights, produced in collaboration with the Finnish Patent and Registration Office and the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre.
Next, Kopiraittila will publish information and exercises on artificial intelligence, as well as a copyright course for teachers, developed in collaboration with the Finnish National Agency for Education.
“Kopiraittila’s first decade has shown that there is a need for copyright education resources outside Finland as well. It has been great to see that the model developed in Finland has also provided a good basis for solutions suited to the needs of other countries,” Salmela concludes.