This paper examines the impact of Directive 2001/29/EC in light of two major developments since 2011. The first is the extensive growth of EU jurisprudence on Directive 2001/29/EC and, particularly, increased judicial harmonization of copyright. As a result of this shift, clarity on some – but...

Copyright Collecting Societies have proliferated, with more than 150 organisations now collecting and distributing licensing fees for rights in music, literary, audio-visual and graphic works within the European Union. From the perspective of Competition Law, collecting societies may be viewed...

The digital space has made a boost in the creative works not only physically but virtually too. The physical and digital both works can be seen at growth. The reason behind it is twofold: one the ease of using the digital products out of which as artistic or creative output can easily be sought....