Copyright chaos

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Series Details Vol.8, No.26, 4.7.02, p21
Publication Date 04/07/2002
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Date: 04/07/02

MEMBER states are struggling to meet a November deadline for implementing last year's EU copyright directive - which brings rusty old rules into the digital age.

With just four months to go, most have yet to even present draft laws to their national parliaments. That could cause embarrassing delays to the EU's ratification of the 1996 World Intellectual Property Organisation Treaty - a global accord boosting legal rights for artists and rights holders across the world.

Member States are struggling to meet the November 2002 deadline for implementing the EU copyright directive.

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