European Union: Fair remuneration provisions and transparency obligations in DSM Copyright Directive (Articles 18-19)

Progress

Current status
in force
07 Jun 2022 in force
06 Jun 2019 in grace period
17 Apr 2019 adopted
14 Sep 2016 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content remuneration regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
legislature
executive
Government Body
parliament
central government
Implementation Level
supranational

Timeline of events

07 Jun 2022
in force

Transparency obligations in Copyright in the Digital Single Market become effective

On 7 June 2022, the transparency obligation outlined in Article 19 of the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market take effect. The Directive was adopted on 6 June 2019 after being published in the Official Journal of t…

Source
Event type law
Action type implementation
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
06 Jun 2019
in grace period

Copyright in the Digital Single Market directive introducing fair remuneration provisions and transparency obligations enters into force

On 6 June 2019, the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market enters into force after being published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 15 May 2019. The Directive states that the authors and performers hav…

Source
Event type law
Action type in force with grace period
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
17 Apr 2019
adopted

Adoption of DSM Copyright Directive introducing fair remuneration provisions and transparency obligations

On 17 April 2019, the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market was adopted by the Council of the European Union. The Directive states that the authors and performers have the right to proportionate and appropriate remun…

Source
Event type law
Action type adoption
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
14 Sep 2016
under deliberation

EU Commission publishes proposal for DSM Copyright directive introducing fair remuneration provisions and transparency obligations

On 14 September 2016, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market. The proposed directive would require producers and publishers to be more transparent with the content ri…

Source
Event type law
Action type introduction
Government branch executive
Government body central government