Category ancillary copyright
Leading European copyright scholars fundamentally criticise the ancillary copyright 23/02/2017 by Till Kreutzer
- CEIPI
- Max-Planck-Institute
- Create
- Humboldt-Universität Berlin
- IViR
- CIPIL
- Nexa
- SciencesPo
- Tilburg University
As of today, a broad coalition of European copyright scholars wrote an open letter to the European Parliament and the Council of the EU. It openly opposes Art. 11 (ancillary copyright) and 13 (mandatory content filtering). The letter’s first signatories consist of a number of the leading academic experts on copyright. They represent some of the most respected research centres in Europe that deal with copyright research from legal, economical and other perspectives.
Draft copyright directive is out and a slap in the face of the Internet! 14/09/2016 by Till Kreutzer
Finally it is out: The draft for the new Digital Single Market Directive (DSM directive). The result is even worse than we expected it from the recently leaked preliminary draft document. Whereas the wish list of the press publishers gets ultimately fulfilled in the slightly changed final version, the public interest falls even more behind. Read more
It could not be worse: Draft proposal for the copyright directive leaked 31/08/2016 by Till Kreutzer
We have just received the draft proposal of the European Commission for a new copyright directive. It shall complement – i.e. in general not amend – other directives inter alia the InfoSoc directive from 2001. As it had to be expected from the Impact Assessment that was leaked last week, the draft reads like an answer to the wish list of the publishing industry. Here comes a first assessment.
Discussion on "The relevance of ancillary copyrights for the European Media Diversity" 20/05/2015 by Tom Hirche
- Günther Oettinger
- Julia Reda
- VG Media
- Sabine Verheyen
- Christoph Keese
- Matthias Kirschenhofer
- David Wood
The German collecting society VG Media will have a panel discussion on "The relevance of ancillary copyrights for the European Media Diversity" on 17th June, 2015 at 11.30 a.m. Host will be the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the EU in Brussels. The VG Media exercises copyrights and ancillary copyrights for almost all German broadcasters and over 200 digital products of German newspaper and magazine publishers. Read more
Light and shadow – About the Commission’s strategy for the Digital Single Market 13/05/2015 by Till Kreutzer
On May 6, 2015 the EU Commission presented its much-anticipated strategy for the Digital Single Market (DSM). The communication paper has some up- but especially many downsides. Read more
Oettinger wants EU-wide ancillary copyright for press publishers 31/03/2015 by Tom Hirche
Günther Oettinger, the European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, had a talk with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.) about his approach on reforming European copyright. Among numerous other things, Oettinger also commented on an ancillary copyright for press publishers in the EU. Read more