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6.7.2026 | The Ministry of Education and Culture has published a report by the Copyright Infrastructure Task Force on its work to date. The report brings together experiences and recommendations on how the management and licensing of copyright data can be developed to meet the needs arising from digitalisation and artificial intelligence.

Copyright Infrastructure Task Force The Copyright Infrastructure Task Force is an expert forum between multiple countries that promotes standardisation with a view to improving the interoperability and trustworthiness of copyright data. Common dat...

The Copyright infrastructure on national, EU and global level promotes proper functioning of the copyright system in the form an open rights data framework (ORDF) for new technologies. This webpage is dedicated for the national level AI- subgroups and on EU-level the Copyright Infrastructure Task Force (CITF). See also: https://okm.fi/en/citf-en

Legislation The Finnish Copyright Act was adopted in 1961 (404/1961), and it has been amended several times since the 1980s. Provisions on penalties for copyright offences are laid down in the Criminal Code (39/1889). The Copyright Decree entered ...

International cooperation The Ministry of Education and Culture outlines national policy concerning cooperation with international organisations, councils and other bodies in matters within its remit relating to education and training, culture, yo...

13.7.2026 | 1 WIPO FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Introduction to the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Interchange (AIII) and Technical Exchange Network (TEN) Garrett Levin Senior IP Law & Policy Officer IP & Frontier Technologies Division Ryan Groves Senior Exp...

United Nations The United Nations (UN) works for human rights, equality, social rights, tolerance and peace. Finland became a member in 1955. The implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the achievement of its goals are to...

13.7.2026 | CITF Report Ceremony 8 July, WIPO Senior Ministerial Adviser Anna Vuopala Ambassador HEIDI SCHRODERUS-FOX 8.7 CITF handover ceremony Distinguished fellow Ambassadors, Deputy Director General and Assistant Director General, Heads of IP Offices, - W...

13.7.2026 | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, FINLAND CITF Report Ceremony 8 July, WIPO Senior Ministerial Adviser Anna Vuopala Introduction by Anna Vuopala Distinguished Ambassadors and directors and deputies, dear audience, also online “AI and copyright” m...

13.7.2026 | • Emphasize the role of the semantic layer of the copyright infrastructure and its position in the middle of the distinct legal and technical/business layers, • Support interoperability, trustworthiness, and machine- actionability of copyright dat...

4.6.2026 | Draft of the report “The CITF – Status Quo and Way Forward” - Anna and Philippe Purpose and content of the report • ~2-page Executive summary • ~10-slide Executive deck • ~10-page Report “The CITF – Status Quo and Way Forward" • Where the CITF cam...

The subgroups for copyright infrastructure meet in different configurations including workshops to discuss topical issues related to practices on identifiers in the creative field, metadata, technology and infrastructure development, and legal issues linked to data and IP. A draft roadmap has been developed during year 2021. In 2022 focus on NFT's, data protection and EDICs (European Digital Infrastructure Consortium).

6.7.2026 | Undervisnings- och kulturministeriet har publicerat en rapport från det internationella nätverket för utveckling av upphovsrättsinfrastrukturen om det arbete som nätverket hittills har gjort. Rapporten sammanställer erfarenheter och rekommendationer om hur licensieringen och hanteringen av upphovsrättsinformation kan utvecklas för att motsvara de behov som digitaliseringen och artificiella intelligens medför.

24.5.2024 | A new international legal instrument has been adopted at the World Intelletual Property Organisation WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Geneva. The international agreementregarding a disclosure requirement related to genetic resources aims to enhance the efficacy, transparency and quality of the patent system with regard to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge.

6.7.2026 | Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö on julkaissut kansainvälisen tekijänoikeusinfrastruktuuriverkoston raportin verkoston tähänastisesta työstä. Raportti kokoaa yhteen kokemuksia ja suosituksia siitä, miten tekijänoikeustiedon hallintaa ja lisensiointia voidaan kehittää vastaamaan digitalisaation ja tekoälyn mukanaan tuomiin tarpeisiin.

Nätverket för utveckling av upphovsrättsinfrastrukturen Nätverket för utveckling av upphovsrättsinfrastrukturen är ett expertforum mellan flera länder och stöder standardiseringen när det handlar om att förbättra interoperabiliteten och göra infor...

18.10.2022 | This study covered the economic contribution of copyright or copyright industries from 2016 to 2020 in Finland. The relative contribution of all copyright industries has slightly increased during the years under examination; while in 2016 this contribution was 5.44 percent, the respective figure for 2020 was 5.69 percent.

Upphovsrättsinfrastrukturen stöder branschspecifika initiativ på nationell, EU-nivå och global nivå som främjar fungeandet av upphovsrättssystemet genom att skapa en öppen rättsdataram (ORDF) för nya teknologier. Webbplatsen är för nationella AI-grupperna och om Copyright Infrastructure Task Force (CITF) på EU-nivå (se även: https://okm.fi/sv/citf-sv).

18.10.2022 | This study covered the economic contribution of copyright or copyright industries from 2016 to 2020 in Finland. The relative contribution of all copyright industries has slightly increased during the years under examination; while in 2016 this contribution was 5.44 percent, the respective figure for 2020 was 5.69 percent.

Kansainväliset tekijänoikeussopimukset Kansainväliset tekijänoikeussopimukset ovat yleissopimuksia, jotka suojaavat toisista sopimusvaltioista peräisin olevia teoksia ja lähioikeussuojan kohteita samalla tavalla kuin kansallisissa säädöksissä. Suo...