Copyright reform in the European Union
Abstract
The article is devoted to the copyright reform in the EU. It shows tendencies, mechanisms and shortcomings of the development of the EU copyright legislation. The author analyzes the process of changing of the copyright regime in the Digital Single Market according to the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright in the Digital Single Market and the Regulation (EU) 2017/1128 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market. Conclusions are made about possible results and prospects of solving the problem of the territorial character of copyright in the context of the freedom of movement of goods and services.
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