“I have now lost count of the academic pieces deeming Article 15 one of the most controversial provisions in Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (CDSM Directive) and in the whole of European Union (EU) copyright law. In terms of polarization, Article 15 is second only to the infamous Article 17. Most such pieces make the case that Article 15 is unnecessary, undesirable and unfit to achieve its stated goal. While I agree with those views, I will not be arguing here against the introduction of a press publishers’ right. That is a ship which has sailed long ago in Europe. I will focus instead on a selected aspect of this new related right: the exclusion of ‘very short extracts’ (VSEs) and its ongoing implementation into national laws …” (more)
Tito Rendas, ‘Does size matter? The press publishers’ right and the implementation of the “very short extracts” limitation’, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpac040. Published 27 April.
First posted 2022-04-28 08:00:58
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