Copyright reform is a key part of the European Union’s package of measures designed to create a Digital Single Market (DSM) in the EU. The European Commission’s view is of nothing less than a modernisation of EU copyright law to reflect the digital age. Until now, specific details of the Commission’s plans have been thin on the ground.
But, like buses arriving together after a long wait, the Commission has now published a series of proposals designed to achieve its aim of a more modern copyright law that takes account of the features and potential uses of digital technology and widens the degree of cross-border access to protected works online.
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