Towards reform of the EU Copyright Directive
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29-06-2015
The European Parliament has long called for the modernisation of the legal framework on copyright. A Commission proposal to amend EU copyright law is expected by the end of 2015. On 16 June 2015, the Legal Affairs Committee adopted an own-initiative report on the implementation of one of the main pieces of legislation governing copyright in the EU, the 2001 Copyright Directive.
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- amendment of a law
- approximation of laws
- copyright
- digital technology
- EC Directive
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- information and information processing
- law relating to information
- parliamentary proceedings
- POLITICS
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- proposal (EU)
- research and intellectual property
- single market
- technological change
- technology and technical regulations