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Legally Speaking Europe’s Controversial Digital Copyright Directive Finalized.

The author reports on the final version of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market for European Union countries. It mentions stricter liability regarding the uploading of user content for the platforms hosting the content, clarifying the use of data mining for research purposes, and...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 62; no. 11; pp. 24 - 28
Main Author: Samuelson, Pamela
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Nov2019
Subjects:
Copyright of digital media
Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, 2019
User-generated content
Legal liability
Data mining
Press law
Online information services
Law
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The author reports on the final version of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market for European Union countries. It mentions stricter liability regarding the uploading of user content for the platforms hosting the content, clarifying the use of data mining for research purposes, and the right of publishers to control electronic distribution.