HELLENIC COPYRIGHT ORGANIZATION
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HCO undertakes legislative preparatory work, provides information to the public on copyright and related rights issues, represents Greece before the competent international organizations and the institutions of the E.U....TIMESTAMP
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LATEST NEWS
- European Commission: Consultation on rights reservation (opt-out) protocols for text and data mining under the AI Act and the GPAI Code of Practice
January 16, 2026
The European Commission has launched a consultation with stakeholders aimed at supporting the implementation of the obligation for providers of general-purpose AI models to identify and comply with rights reservations ... - Works Entering the Public Domain in 2026
January 9, 2026
The year 2026 brings into the public domain significant works of European and global cultural heritage, as copyright protection expires for creators who passed away in 1955. These works become ... - Signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between HCO and NKUA
December 31, 2025
On Tuesday, 23 December 2025, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and the Hellenic Copyright Organization (HCO), during a meeting held ... - Copyrightschool 2025: For one more year we bring copyright into the classroom
December 24, 2025
2025 was another year of active and tangible presence of the Hellenic Copyright Organization (HCO) alongside the educational community, within the framework of the ten-year Copyrightschool project. Through school visits, ... - The HCO Newsletter – December 2025
December 16, 2025
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E-service that allows authors obtain a date verifying the existence of their work
EDUCATION
Information about the educational programme about copyright and related rights and its implication
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Committee for the Notification of Copyright and Related Rights Infringement on the Internet (ΕDPPI)
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Guidelines and suggestions for legal streaming & downloading with safety and with safety and respect to the authors
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Observatory for piracy, including legal framework, statistical data and studies
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Frequently asked questions about copyright and related rights
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Contact details, Tariff tables, Contracts between CMOs and Unions of Users, Uniform formats for the use of works