Brussels, 04/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the European Commission decided to pursue infringement proceedings opened against Belgium and Denmark for their failure to implement in full the directive on rental and lending rights and on certain rights related to copyright, the provisions of which should have been transposed into national law before 1 July 1994.
Under the terms of the directive, authors and other rightholders have the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit the public...