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The new Directive on copyright and related rights
Author(s) -
Oppenheim Charles
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1087/095315101750240467
Subject(s) - parliament , directive , directive on privacy and electronic communications , political science , related rights , law and economics , law , public administration , data protection directive , business , european union , european union law , international trade , economics , intellectual property , computer science , politics , programming language
In February 2001, the Directive on ‘the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society’ was approved by the European Parliament and therefore takes effect. This article highlights the changes introduced by the European Parliament in the Directive and comments on the implications of the change.