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[FYI] COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
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- Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 11:17:03 +0100
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8829/00 (Presse 180)
PRESS RELEASE
Subject :
2265th Council meeting
- INTERNAL MARKET -
Brussels, 25 May 2000
President :
Mr Francisco SEIXAS da COSTA
State Secretary for European Affairs of the
Portuguese Republic
[...]
COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
The Council had an in-depth debate on the proposal for a Directive on
the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights
in the Information Society. While progress was made on a number of
major issues, it was generally agreed that further work was necessary
before the Council could adopt a common position. The Council invited
the Permanent Representatives Committee to pursue work on this
proposal with a view to enabling the Council to reach agreement
before the end of the Portuguese Presidency.
The Council's discussions centered on the need to strike the right
balance between the interests of rightholders (holders of copyrights
and related rights) on the one hand, and the interests of other
parties on the other hand (Internet service providers, consumers,
equipment manufacturers, libraries, publishers, and other
beneficiaries of exception to rights in the Member States), taking
into account in particular the possibilities offered by new
technologies.
The draft directive seeks to provide a harmonised and appropriate
legal framework in the Internal Market for copyright and related
rights in the Information Society. In particular, it seeks to
harmonise the rights of reproduction, communication, making available
to the public and distribution of works. Its adoption is also a
precondition for the Community and its Member States acceding to the
WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms
Treaty (WPPT) concluded in December 1996.
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