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

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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…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content remuneration regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2016-09-14
under deliberation

On 14 September 2016, the European Commission published a proposal for a Directive on copyright and…

2019-04-17
adopted

On 17 April 2019, the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market was ad…

2019-06-06
in grace period

On 6 June 2019, the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market enters i…

2022-06-07
in force

On 7 June 2022, the transparency obligation outlined in Article 19 of the Directive on copyright an…