On March 26, 2019, the European Parliament adopted the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, legislation intended to update copyright laws for the digital age across the European Union. The Directive was approved by the Council of the European Union and came into effect on June 7, 2019. Member States now have two years to write the Directive into national law.

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Original publication: Winter, Caroline. "The EU’s Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market." Open Scholarship Policy Observatory, 18 Oct. 2019, https://ospolicyobservatory.uvic.ca/the-eus-directive-on-copyright-in-the-digital-single-market/.

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