Welcome to the Competence Center in Digital Law

We support Swiss Higher Education Institutions (students, academic and administrative staff) in dealing with legal questions related to the digitalization process and the use of new media and technologies. 

DMLawTool

DMLawTool guides researchers through the most relevant legal aspects of research data management and proposes possible solution approaches to copyright and data protection issues. It has been developed by the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in collaboration with the University of Neuchâtel (UNINE) within the  P-5 programme “Scientific information” of swissuniversities. More detailed information about the tool can be found here. To access the tool, use the button below.

Showcases

News

01.03.2024 Brown Bag Series

Dive into 5 perspectives of Generative AI in higher education through 5 dynamic workshops in Lugano! Plus, join us for a specific workshop by CCdigitallaw - Competence Center in digital law, delving into legal challenges (the workshop will be held in Italian). Don't...

08.02.2024 – Eduhub days 2024

The eLab and the CCdigitallaw of the Università della Svizzera italiana just participated at the EduHub days 2024 discussing Learning Spaces and of course, exploring copyright in the context of physical and digital education. Questions and answers about what is...

07-08.02.2024 – Ccdigitallaw at the Eduhub days 2024

During the Eduhub days 2024 we provide cards with questions related to copyright in learning spaces. Here you can find the answers: 1. Can I show a YouTube video during a public event at the University of Zurich? No. While YouTube is freely accessible, videos without...

Regulatory Framework: Zweitveröffentlichungsrecht und Open Access als regulatorische Herausforderung

17.11.2023 Report (Deutsch) In collab. with Regulatory Framework, project by swissuniversities Report

03.10.2023 Video on Second Publication Right

We just released the video about Republishing Scientific Articles as Open Access (The Second Publication Right), made within Regulatory Framework and Universities as learning communities, projects by swissuniversities.

19.09.2023 – Recording of the webinar “How to distribute an already published article as Open Access?”

It's online the recording of the webinar "How to distribute an already published article as Open Access?" which took place 31.08.2023 and was made within the project Regulatory Framework.

28.04.2023 – Video about personal data’s ownership

It’s online the video created with Radiotelevisione svizzera (RSI) within the project MAPAW (Make A Privacy Aware World) about the (non) ownership of personal data! (only in Italian)

03.03.2023 – Podcast about AI, Copyright and Data Protection

A podcast in German about the use of personal data and works protected by copyright to train Artificial Intelligence.

Services