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Synodinou, Tatiani Eleni --- "DIRECTIVE 2001/29/EC ON THE HARMONISATION OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY" [2017] ELECD 653; in Lodder, R. Arno; Murray, D. Andrew (eds), "EU Regulation of E-Commerce" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 59

Book Title: EU Regulation of E-Commerce

Editor(s): Lodder, R. Arno; Murray, D. Andrew

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785369339

Section: Chapter 3

Section Title: DIRECTIVE 2001/29/EC ON THE HARMONISATION OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY

Author(s): Synodinou, Tatiani Eleni

Number of pages: 41

Abstract/Description:

Tatiani Synodinou (University of Cyprus) discusses this Directive on copyright and related rights in the information society, often referred to as the Information Society Directive. In 2002 Michel Vivant ended his chapter on this Directive with: ‘[the] most peculiar aspect is not, to my mind, the effect of harmonisation but the fact that it singularly avoids any harmonisation! (…) How then can this be a “single market” of Treaties when the rules are radically different? How can we play the same game when the teams do not use the same rules? “Much ado about... little”? Let us hope not!’1 The new chapter discusses the Directive and how it has evolved over the years and demonstrates the Directive did have impact. Keywords: Communication to the public, copyright, copyright exemptions, digital rights management 1 M. Vivant (2002), Chapter 5 Directive 2001/29, in: A.R. Lodder & H.W.K. Kaspersen (eds.), eDirectives, Kluwer Law International, 117.