Earlier this month, we reported that the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament had approved an amended EU copyright evaluation report (the “Report”) outlining a reform of copyright law in the European Union. On July 9, 2015 the plenary of the European Parliament voted to accept the Report with several changes. Notably, the Parliament removed … Continue reading
The Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament recently approved an amended EU copyright evaluation report (the “Report”) by its member Julia Reda outlining a reform of copyright law in the European Union. The Report aims at evaluating the current legal framework (especially Directive 2001/29/EC, “InfoSoc-Directive”; Directive 2004/48/EC, “Enforcement Directive”; and Directive 2009/24/EC, “Software … Continue reading