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The IPKat after the introduction  of the press publishers' right:  dream and ... As  reported  by The IPKat, last week the European Parliament approved the  latest version  of the  Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive) which, once approved one last time by EU Member States and published on the Official Journal, will officially come into effect and will then require transposition at the national level. Still last week, The IPKat launched a 'DSM Directive Series' of posts to comment on certain key aspects of this forthcoming piece of EU legislation. The first post of the series, "Do Member States have to transpose the value gap provision and does the YouTube referral matter?" is available  here . Today, I shall be focusing on a different provision, that is what is now Article 15 of the DSM Directive (formerly, Article 11) and the new press publishers' right envisaged therein. The wording...

Again on the proposal (for a directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market) As reported and covered in a number of previous posts   [ here ,   here ,   here ] , in the  context  of its  Digital Single Market Strategy  (DSMS) on 14 September last the EU Commission unveiled a new  copyright package , consisting of a number of proposals aimed at improving the existing EU copyright framework. Among the contents of the package, there is the already famous  proposal for a directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market  (DSM Directive)   [ here ] .  Among other things, the DSM Directive intends to introduce into the EU copyright framework a new related right in press publications. Article 11 of the directive states: "1. Member States shall provide publishers of press publications   [what is to be intended by 'press publications' is clarified at Recital 33 of the directive] ...