New European copyright rules: 'Best efforts' may render them inconsequential

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The Hill

April 1, 2019

Written by Andrea M. LaFrance

With the rise of the Digital Age, the European Union was more than ripe for an overhaul on its Copyright Directive of 2001. Last week, the European Parliament voted in favor of the new Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (New Directive) to bring copyright regulations in alignment with the realities of the digital era.