The Commission’s proposals aim to reform EU Copyright laws as part of its package of proposals towards an EU Digital Single Market.

On 14 September 2016 the European Commission (the Commission) adopted new proposals for telecoms and copyright reform as part of the Commission’s Digital Single Market (DSM) Strategy with the stated aim of stimulating increased cross-border commerce within the EU and modernizing the European legislative frameworks which govern content and communications within the single market in the digital age. This package of measures also complements other initiatives such as the Directorate-General for Competition’s sectoral inquiry.