Talk:Copyright law of the European Union

incorporation
On may works of copyright are vested in an incorporated entity (a commercial company, a public corporation etc) because the servants of the entity or the subcontractors have agreed that any thing they write for the entity belongs to the entity. How does European law decide the length of copyright for such a entity that in theory may not have a "death" (legal termination)? --Philip Baird Shearer 10:17, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Title
This article's title isn't completely satisfactory as it makes the reader assume that one law actually applies for all 27 member states. This is not the case, and the individual member states still have to implement any directive in order for it to become legally binding. "Copyright law in the European Union" or "Copyright harmonization attempts in the European Union" would be more accurate titles. Valentinian T / C 22:19, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Checking a detail
I just want to check a detail is eveything in the limitations section ways to make publishing work you do not own legal? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.15.93.74 (talk) 19:37, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Copyright reform
Just like Ajit Pai wanting to repeal net neutrality in the United States, this is another huge threat to the Internet. Former Digital Commissioner Günther Oettinger set out some copyright proposals that include an ancillary copyright in Article 11, which digital advocacy groups such as OpenMedia and EDRi spoke out against, and an obligation to monitor and filter copyrighted content in Article 13, which is like SOPA and PIPA all over again, which Wikipedia blacked out to protest. Even German MEP Julia Reda says that Wikipedia will have to monitor uploads in case of uploads. This isn't even reported in the media, yet it impacts everyone in the world. Hopefully Avaaz will speak out about it, along with the FCC trying to repeal net neutrality. --22:37, 20 April 2017, Mrs. Jan Cola.


 * I think it should be covered, surprised not to see anything on it here. But Wikipedia should be okay and not have to monitor uploads. Summary of the draft directive here
 * ""Websites which store and provide access to content for non-for-profit purposes, such as online encyclopaedias, scientific or educational repositories, or open source software developing platforms, are also not included.""


 * Robert Walker (talk) 16:13, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Need formatting help – Adding overview of copyrightexceptions.eu
Copyrightexceptions.eu presents a CC0 study on the implementation of copyright limitations and exceptions in EU member states + Norway.

I tried to make a similar overview based on their data in a table format. But I'm not that well versed in Wikitables. Can someone make the table below up to par with Wiki standards and add it? --Martsniez (talk) 11:51, 1 July 2018 (UTC)


 * If anybody is tempted to do this, please note that these colours are deprecated because of red/green colour blindness. Also, black type on dark green is deprecated too. --Red King (talk) 10:23, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Besides that, this is just about a single directive (InfoSoc), so maybe better to place it there? L.tak (talk) 12:30, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Copyright directive updated?
Can anyone guess which directive is appropriate here? This text was added to the Information Society Directive [previously incorrectly named as the 'Copyright Directive'] but I suspect it belongs somewhere else? "... and was updated on 26 March 2019."

and "The updated directive, which had been contested by lobbying groups on both sides of the issues, gives EU members until 2021 to revise their own country's laws to correspond with the Directive's specifications."

Suggestions or clarifications anyone? --Red King (talk) 10:34, 2 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Does Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market seem likely? --Red King (talk) 10:42, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

DSM Copyright Directive updated 11 other directives including:
 * Database Directive 1996
 * Electronic Commerce Directive 2000
 * Information Society Directive 2001
 * Enforcement Directive 2004
 * Rental Directive 2006
 * Computer Programs Directive 2009
 * Orphan Works Directive 2012
 * CMO Directive 2014 (2014/26/EU)

Please check the summary of key points on the OJ as well as the whereas clause (4) on page 2.

The whereas clause mentions "This Directive is based upon, and complements, the rules laid down in the directives currently in force in this area, in particular..." and the summary on the OJ says "The directive updates but does not replace the 11 directives which together comprise the EU’s copyright legislation." Hope this helps. --ProfessorPine (talk) 14:21, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
 * , I have added that caution to the end of Copyright Directive (disambiguation) but if you mean something more then I'm afraid I don't know enough about the topic to make precise amendments to this or the other articles. So you have just volunteered! --Red King (talk) 15:08, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

Duration of protection - performers
The line "The rights of performers last for 50 years from the distribution" seems to be wrong, as it later says in the paragraph that this has been changed to 70 years, should this be changed? 37.228.228.109 (talk) 20:51, 3 April 2024 (UTC)