Copyright in the EU Digital Single Market

CEPS Task Force Reports (2013)

166 Pages Posted: 10 Aug 2013

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Giuseppe Mazziotti

Catolica Global School of Law ; European University Institute

Date Written: June 27, 2013

Abstract

The scope and enforcement of copyright in the digital environment have been among the most complex and controversial subjects tackled by lawmakers all over the world for the last decade. Due to the ubiquitous use of digital technology, modern regulation of copyright inherently touches on numerous areas of law and social and economic policy, including communications privacy and Internet governance. Modernising the EU’s copyright framework is considered a key step towards achieving the goal of an EU Digital Single Market in the context of the ‘Digital Agenda for Europe’, an initiative launched by the European Commission in May 2010.

How can the EU make copyright fit for purpose in the Internet age? What are the most suitable and realistic policy options to achieve the objective of a Digital Single Market in the creative content sectors? To give comprehensive answers to these questions, the CEPS Digital Forum formed a Task Force on Copyright in the EU Digital Single Market to foster a multi-stakeholder dialogue on the major challenges for copyright law in the online content sector today. Drawing on the discussions and input gathered by the Task Force, this report contains the conclusions and policy recommendations organised around three main themes: licensing rules and practices in the online music and film sectors, the definition and implementation of copyright exceptions in the digital environment and the present and future of online copyright enforcement in Europe.

Keywords: copyright, copyright law, EU, Digital Single Market, EU copyright framework

Suggested Citation

Mazziotti, Giuseppe, Copyright in the EU Digital Single Market (June 27, 2013). CEPS Task Force Reports (2013), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2307855

Giuseppe Mazziotti (Contact Author)

Catolica Global School of Law ( email )

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Portugal

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European University Institute ( email )

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