Intellectual property
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Europeana - the next steps
Europeana, the EU's online library, museum and archive, was launched in 2008 at the initiative of the European...
Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries
The specificity of cultural and creative industries is not fully recognised across European policies.
In particular,...
A European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy
Whereas legislation on the protection of property rights is mostly a European competence, the provision of that protection...
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was negotiated in almost complete secrecy since 2007 by a group of states...
On the online distribution of audiovisual works in the European Union
The European market for the online distribution of films and music is fragmented.
For example, a would-be buyer...
On certain permitted uses of orphan works
Orphan works are creative works abandoned by their rights holders but still protected by copyright.
In legal terms,...
