MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Creative Commons

NGO / non-profit · Technology & digital · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Creative Commons appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

7
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation. The infrastructure we provide consists of a set of copyright licenses and tools that create a balance inside the traditional “all rights reserved” setting that copyright law creates. Our tools give everyone from individual creators to large companies and institutions a simple, standardized…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats457%
European People's Party229%
The Left114%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2025).

2022
1
2023
1
2024
2
2025
3

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Tiemo Wölken
3 meetings · S&D
Marina Kaljurand
1 meeting · S&D
Mario Furore
1 meeting · The Left
Sabine Verheyen
1 meeting · EPP
Axel Voss
1 meeting · EPP

The 7 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
25 Sep 2025Tiemo WölkenAI & Copyright
25 Sep 2025Mario FuroreCopyright and Ai
1 Sep 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
2 Oct 2024Sabine VerheyenMedia Policy
2 Oct 2024Marina KaljurandEU digital policy
28 Jun 2023Tiemo WölkenAI Regulation and Copyright (staff level)
6 Sep 2022Tiemo Wölkenallgemeiner Austausch zum Urheberrecht, AI Act, Data Act

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