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"PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION" [2019] ELECD 612; in Lindner, Brigitte; Shapiro, Ted (eds), "Copyright in the Information Society" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) xxviii

Book Title: Copyright in the Information Society

Editor(s): Lindner, Brigitte; Shapiro, Ted

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION




With the Directive 2001/29/EC on copyright in the information society now approaching its
20th anniversary, Luke Adams of Edward Elgar Publishing persuaded us to update our book on
national implementation of the `Copyright Directive'. We are grateful to Edward Elgar
Publishing for its support and confidence in us.
Updating a book of this nature is a bit of a moving target. In the seven years since the first
edition, the Court of Justice has been called upon to respond on a never-ending stream of
references for preliminary rulings from national courts on a myriad of issues related to the
Directive. The Court's judgments impact not only the legal interpretation of the Directive but
also its national implementations in all the member states. Whilst the eventual ruling may have
a particular impact in the member state whence the reference originated, it is of course binding
across the entire European Union. This jurisprudence may in turn give rise to legislative and
judicial reforms in any number of ways.
Indeed, national parliaments in many member states have enacted further legislation in a
range of areas relevant to the Directive. In certain cases, member states decided to refine or
supplement their earlier implementation of the Directive. In other cases, the legislation was
either to implement a subsequent directive or to address particular problems such as online
copyright infringement. In yet other cases, the legislation was occasioned by a mix of the
foregoing.
Meanwhile the copyright ...