Brussels, 24/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier appointed former justice and home affairs commissioner Antonio Vitorino as mediator in the dialogue which will begin early in 2012 on private copying levies, in line with what was announced in May of this year in the communication on a strategy for a single market on intellectual property rights.
Vitorino's task will be to act as moderator in stakeholder discussions, with the industry and artists in...