Brussels mulls EU-wide copyright regime

EurActiv reported that in a bid to untangle the jungle of national copyright regimes and increase EU-wide access to cultural works, the European Commission is considering introducing optional single copyright protection for films, TV programmes and other audiovisual products.

These ideas were amongst those outlined in a Green Paper on the online distribution of audiovisual works in the European Union: opportunities and challenges towards a digital single market issued on the 13 July 2011.

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/11/413: Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Copyright for the Single Market – good for artists, good for consumers, good for the economy CISAC World Copyright Summit, Brussels, 7 June 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/413&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: RAPID: Press Release: IP/11/868: Commission consults on how best to seize the opportunities for TV and film in the online age http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/868&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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