Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2012
Abstract
This study, commissioned by the European Commission, examines the application of Directive 2001/29/EC in the light of the development of the digital market. Its purpose is to consider how Member States have implemented the Directive into national law and to assist the Commission in evaluating whether the Directive, as currently formulated, remains the appropriate response to the continuing challenges faced by the stakeholders concerned, such as rights holders, commercial users, consumers, educational and scientific users. As set out in specifications of the study set out by the Commission, its aim is 'to assess the role that the Directive has played in fostering the digital market for goods and services in the four years since its adoption'. The impact of the Directive on the development of digital (chiefly online) business models, therefore, will be the focal point of our enquiry throughout this study.
Recommended Citation
Lucy Guibault, Guido Westkamp, & Thomas Rieber-Mohn, "Study on the Implementation and Effect in Member States' Laws of Directive 2001/29/EC on the Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society" (2012) Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No 2012-28, Institute for Information Law Research Paper No 2012-23.
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Comments
EC, European Commission, DG Internal Market, Study on the Implementation and Effect in Member States' Laws of Directive 2001/29/EC on the Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society: Final Report, (Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, 2007) (Lucy Guibault, Guido Westkamp, & Thomas Rieber-Mohn).