Berggren Oy | European Union, Finland | 17 Jan 2022
The EU Digital Single Market (DSM) Directive, part of EU copyright legislation, strives to modernise rules in the digital environment. This article discusses one particular issue that must be solved prior to the publication of the Finnish government's proposal for amendments to the copyright law to implement the EU DSM Directive – namely, the scope of permission that online content sharing......
William Fry | European Union, Ireland | 17 Dec 2021
Ireland has become the seventh EU Member State to implement the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market ((EU) 2019/790) (CDSM Directive)…
William Fry | European Union, Ireland | 19 Nov 2021
The Government has signed a statutory instrument transposing the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market ((EU) 2019/790) (Directive) into…
Bird & Bird LLP | European Union, Singapore | 20 Sep 2021
The Singapore Copyright Act is undergoing a major overhaul. Following an extensive public consultation exercise which began in 2016, the proposed…
Bird & Bird LLP | European Union, Italy | 10 Sep 2021
As of 1 July 2021, Italy, like the other Member States, will adopt the provisions to comply with: Directive (EU) 770/2019 on certain aspects…
Bird & Bird LLP | European Union | 9 Sep 2021
While only four Member States have so far implemented the new EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, on 15 July Advocate General…
Lexology PRO | Australia, Canada, China, etc. | 24 Jun 2021
How the regulatory landscape for IoT is developing to promote market fairness, data security and consumer protection in key jurisdictions around the world.
Lexology PRO | Australia, Canada, European Union, etc. | 15 Jun 2021
A look at what regulators around the world are doing to address the impact of data on competition in digital markets and clamp down on big tech monopolies.
Lexology PRO | European Union | 10 Jun 2021
European Parliament has called for the power to summon the heads of Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple for a grilling on how their business practices affect competition.
Lexology PRO | European Union | 10 Jun 2021
The EU’s competition authority should commission an expert report on the “institutional and design issues” that need to be addressed before the Digital Markets Act can become law, the head of Greece’s Competition Commission has said.