SECTORAL POLICIES / Digital

Circumventing European copyright rules, Member States point finger at practices of major platforms and search engines

Brussels, 31/05/2022 (Agence Europe)

The French Presidency of the Council of the EU (FPEU) submitted to Member States, on Wednesday 25 May, its draft report on the effectiveness of the European copyright framework. This draft report follows on from the questionnaire that the FPEU submitted to the Member States on 13 January 2022, in which Member States were asked to comment on the circumvention of European copyright rules and the promotion of the interests of European authors in a globalised environment.

The draft report,...