Copyright and Related Rights for the Knowledge Economy

The European Commission’s Internal Market Directorate-General commissioned a report, now published, into Copyright and Related Rights for the Knowledge Economy. With the full report running to over 300 pages, I’d recommend taking a look only at the executive summary. They have grappled with a whole range of issues relating to the changing ways in which we use information, and the international nature of that use. However, 15 years of harmonisation in the EU has, according to the report, brought both benefits and drawbacks.