The member states are about to reach a political agreement of principle on copyright reform.
On Friday 27 April, the Committee of Permanent Representatives to the EU (Coreper) will be invited to give their views on a draft compromise prepared by the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU. Compared to recent castings, Sofia is proposing to restrict the new neighbouring law for newspaper publishers to just one year(see EUROPE 11990).
It should be recalled that the draft directive...