| European Union directive | |
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| Title | Directive on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society |
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| Made by | European Parliament & Council |
| Made under | Arts. 42, 55 & 95[clarification needed] |
| Journal reference | L167, 2001-06-22, p. 10 L6, 2002-01-10, p. 70 |
| History | |
| Date made | 2001-05-22; updated: 2019-03-28 |
| Entry into force | 2001-06-22 |
| Implementation date | 2002-12-22 |
| Preparative texts | |
| Commission proposal | C108, 1998-04-07, p. 6 C180, 1999-06-25, p. 6 |
| EESC opinion | C407, 1998-12-28, p. 30 |
| EP opinion | C150, 1999-05-28, p. 171 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | 92/100/EEC, 93/98/EEC |
| Amended by | Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market |
| Current legislation | |
The Copyright and Information Society Directive 2001 (2001/29) is a directive in European Union law that was enacted to implement the WIPO Copyright Treaty and to harmonise aspects of copyright law across Europe, such as copyright exceptions.[1] The directive was first enacted in 2001 under the internal market provisions of the Treaty of Rome.
The draft directive was subject to unprecedented lobbying[2] and was considered a success for Europe's copyright laws.[3] The 2001 directive gave EU Member States significant freedom in certain aspects of transposition. Member States had until 22 December 2002 to transpose the directive into their national laws, although only Greece and Denmark met the deadline.
- ^ Council Decision of 16 March 2000 on the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (2000/278/EC), OJ no. L089 of 2000-04-11, pp. 6–7.
- ^ Hugenholtz, Bernt (2000). "Why the Copyright Directive is Unimportant, and Possibly Invalid". European Intellectual Property Review: 501. Archived from the original on 3 February 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2006.
- ^ For that, and contrary views: Ginsburg, Jane C., "Can Copyright Become User-Friendly? Essay Review of Jessica Litman, Digital Copyright" (Prometheus Books 2001)(6 October 2001). Columbia-VLA Journal of Law & Arts, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2001. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=288240 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.288240.