Reconstructing European Copyright Law for the Digital Single Market

Download or read book Reconstructing European Copyright Law for the Digital Single Market written by BERND JUSTIN. JUTTE and published by Hart Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book critically examines the current process of reforming the copyright system in the European Union. On the basis of core elements of the harmonised copyright acquis, the work exposes the shortcomings of current reform proposals with a view to establishing a digital single market. In this regard, it is highlighted that the existing directives and regulations lack fundamental principles that could serve as a basis for a systematically structured European copyright, and that also the current reform proposals do not reflect such an approach. These deficits are addressed by fundamental approaches for an EU copyright reform. For this purpose, three legislative options are discussed. The work takes a clear position in the current debate of EU copyright reform and offers starting points from which a more systematic and coherent copyright system can be developed.