Copyright and Digital Content
The availability and take-up of broadband, and the increasing possibility to access creative content and services everywhere and anytime, provide challenging new opportunities. For consumers, it means new ways to access, and even to influence, creative content available on worldwide networks such as the internet, both from home and using mobile devices. For companies, it means the possibility to offer new services and content and to develop new markets. With the emergence of new devices, networks and services, these challenges have to be addressed by content and network operators, right holders, consumers, governments and independent regulators. Successful responses will be key to growth, jobs and innovation in Europe.
Relevant links :
- Creative Content Online website – With reflection paper on a European Digital Single Market and public consultation
- Digital Libraries Initiative
- “Digital Europe : a vision for the next 5 years” – Speech by Commmissioner Reding at the Lisbon Council, Brussels, 9 July 2009
- Public consultation on post-i2010
- European Commission puts challenges of books digitisation for authors, libraries and consumers on EU’s agenda – Press release (IP/09/1544) of 19/10/2009
- Study: User-Created-Content: Supporting a participative Information Society
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Citizens’ Summary – Commission Communication on Copyright in the Knowledge Economy (12 Kb) - Copyright in the Knowledge Economy – Communication from the Commission – COM(2009) 532 final of 19.10.2009 (48 Kb)
- Le droit d’auteur dans l’économie de la connaissance – COM(2009) 532 final – 19 octobre 2009 (55 Kb)
- Urheberrechte in der wissensbestimmten Wirtschaft – COM(2009) 532 final – 19 Oktober 2009 (54 Kb)
Source: Europa.eu
