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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

Copyright regime The task of the Ministry of Education and Culture is to facilitate the operation of the copyright regime, which consists of economic and moral rights. Economic copyright protects the author's prospects for income, and moral copyri...

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...

Rights related to copyright The object of protection of rights related to copyright is not a work, but instead a performance or a production. Rights related to copyright do not need to fulfil the independence and originality requirements. Among ot...

Economic copyright On the basis of the authors’ economic copyright, it is possible for authors to agree on the use of their works and obtain compensation for the use. The authors decide whether copies (reproductions) of their works may be produced...

Collective management of copyright Collective management refers to activities that are managed by collective management organisations on behalf of the rightholders. The activities are governed by the Act on the Collective Management of Copyright (...

Moral copyright Moral rights prohibit derogatory use of a work created by another person. Moral rights include, for instance, the right to claim authorship, and the right to the integrity of the work. These rights remain with the author even when ...

Copyright societies Copyright societies represent authors, performing artists and other copyright holders in their respective fields, and administer their rights. Among other things, they collect and distribute copyright remunerations to righthold...

Copyright Council The task of the Copyright Council (Tekijänoikeusneuvosto) is to assist the Ministry of Education and Culture in the processing of matters related to copyright, and to issue statements on how the Copyright Act (404/1961) is applie...

Copyright in Finland Copyright in Finland is under the mandate of the Ministry of Education and Culture. The Ministry drafts copyright-related bills for parliamentary decision making and negotiates international agreements involving copyright. It ...

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).

Licences and limitations related to copyright The general principle of copyright is that a work may be used in the manner specified in the Copyright Act, and only with the permission of the author and in the manner permitted by the author. Licence...

Assessment of the copyright system: information to support planning and decision-making Assessing the operation of the copyright system provides information to support decision-making, identify areas to develop, increase the transparency of the sy...

Brochures related to art and culture, copyright and libraries This page gives a list of the Ministry’s links to brochures on art and culture, copyright and libraries in Finland. Cultural policy promotes arts and culture Cultural policy promotes ar...

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 ...

Special tasks related to remunerations The Ministry of Education and Culture approves the copyright societies that are in charge of tasks related to public lending remuneration, resale remuneration for visual arts, and the remuneration for the use...

The areas of expertise The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for the development of education, science, cultural, sport and youth policies, and for international cooperation in these fields. The Ministry’s mandate covers early child...

Financing and administration of culture and the arts The Ministry of Education and Culture is the most important central government provider of funding for arts and culture. The amount of funding allocated to museums and performing arts in the Sta...

Extended collective licensing Extended collective licensing makes it possible for copyright societies to grant licences also on behalf of non-represented authors. This makes it easier to acquire licences in a centralised way. Based on collective n...

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