policy recommendation #1 The term of copyright protection should be reduced.

policy recommendation #3 Harmonize Exceptions and Limitations of the Copyright Directive among the Member States and open up the exhaustive list.

policy recommendation #4 Identification of works in the public domain should be made easier by simplifying and harmonizing rules of copyright duration and territoriality.

policy recommendation #5 Digital reproductions of works that are in the Public Domain must also belong to the Public Domain.

policy recommendation #6 Any false or misleading attempt to misappropriate Public Domain material must be declared unlawful.

policy recommendation #7 The Public Domain needs to be protected from the adverse effects of Technical Protection Measures.

policy recommendation #8 Full copyright protection should only be granted to works that have been registered by their authors.

policy recommendation #10 Memory Institutions must be enabled to fulfill their traditional function in the online environment.

policy recommendation #11 Digitization projects that receive public funding must at the minimum ensure that all digitized content is publicly available online.

policy recommendation #12 Access to copyright protected works for education and research purposes must be facilitated by strengthening existing exceptions and limitations.