Focus areas

Observatory on transposition of Exceptions & Limitations

CIPPM / Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence has launched an Observatory on the national implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, with a special focus on the provisions on exceptions and limitations in the Directive. The Observatory, in the form of a Wiki project, collects documents on the consultation and… Read more » about Observatory on transposition of Exceptions & Limitations

What do we know about the impact of coronavirus on the creative industries?

An article by Professor Ruth Towse published in the Economics Observatory, 3 August 2010. Given the wide variation in how the products of the creative industries are made and consumed, the effects of Covid-19 are very different. And given the diversity of ways of working across the industries, so too are the measures needed to… Read more » about What do we know about the impact of coronavirus on the creative industries?

Melanie Brown: “Exploring Article 8 of the Copyright Directive: Hope for Cultural Heritage”

Working Paper No. 04-2020 June 2020 Article 8 of the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market addresses an issue that the cultural heritage sector has been struggling with for a long time: the exploitation of out of commerce works. Article 8(1) enables CHIs to agree non-exclusive licenses for non-commercial purposes with collective… Read more » about Melanie Brown: “Exploring Article 8 of the Copyright Directive: Hope for Cultural Heritage”

Marcella Favale: “The role of the CJEU in the development of EU copyright law: an empirical experience”

Working Paper No. 03-2020 May 2020 The Court of Justice of the European Union has an undiscussed role in shaping EU Governance. Evidence-based policy has grown crucial to inform worldwide governance, and therefore demand for empirical studies is raising. However, empirical methods applied to legal reasoning are challenging, for the inherent nuanced nature of this… Read more » about Marcella Favale: “The role of the CJEU in the development of EU copyright law: an empirical experience”