#digitalsinglemarket Archives

Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Analysis and Implementation of the New Directive. Introducing the Copyright Package.

2 February 2020

On 6 May 2015, the European Commission announced its ‘Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’ (1). This strategy was based on three pillars: A better…

Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Analysis and Implementation of the New Directive. The Portability Regulation

1 February 2020

Introduction The Portability Regulation is one of the first legal instruments adopted to implement the digital single market strategy, more particularly as to…

Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Analysis and Implementation of the New Directive. Introducing the Marrakesh Directive and Regulation. Issue 3

31 January 2020

Introduction The Copyright package also includes a Directive, already transposed into Belgian law by the law of 25 November 2018 (1), and a…

Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Analysis and Implementation of the New Directive. Introducing the Broadcasting Directive. Issue 4

30 January 2020

The Broadcasting Directive (1) aims to contribute to the Digital Single Market by allowing a wider dissemination of radio and television programmes throughout the EU…

Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Analysis and Implementation of the New Directive. Introducing the impact of Brexit on Copyright law. Issue 5

29 January 2020

Following the referendum of 23 June 2016 on the membership of the United Kingdom (« UK ») to the European Union (« EU »)…

Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Analysis and Implementation of the New Directive. Introducing the new press publishers’ right. Issue 8

26 January 2020

As a first measure “achieve a well-functioning marketplace for copyright” the DSM Directive mentions “rights in publications”. These are, on the one hand, the much…

Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Analysis and Implementation of the New Directive. Introducing the Value Gap. Issue 9

25 January 2020

1. What is the value gap? – Article17 of the DSM Directive is probably the one that, together with Article 15, has generated the…