Copyright in the Digital Single Market: Article-by-Article Commentary to the Provisions of Directive 2019/790, Eleonora Rosati, Oxford University Press, 2021, ISBN: 978-0-19-885859-1, pp 528. Hardback Price: £145. As Eleonora Rosati points out in the Preface to her new book, 2021 is a momentous year for European Union copyright law for three reasons. Firstly, it is the 30th anniversary of the first harmonizing Directive in the field of copyright and related rights, the Computer Programs Directive. Secondly, it is the 20th anniversary of the most significant of the 19 Directives and Regulations (if you include the E-Commerce Directive and the IP Enforcement Directive) passed so far, the Information Society Directive, the interpretation of which continues to keep the Court of Justice of the European Union busy. Thirdly, it is the year in which implementation was due of the most ambitious and complex Directive since the Information Society Directive, namely, the Digital Single Market Directive …
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Richard Arnold, An authoritative guide to the DSM Directive, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpab143. Published: 1 December 2021.
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