Therese Comodini Cachia (EPP, Malta), rapporteur at the European Parliament on the copyright directive, is not in favour of creating a neighbouring right for press publishers. In her draft report released on Wednesday 8 March, she proposed to provide them with a “presumption of representation” instead.
It should be pointed out that in September 2016, the European Commission proposed revising Community rules on copyright in an effort to respond to the current legal insecurity facing...