This study provides an ex-post evaluation of the EU copyright framework as provided by EU Directive 29/2001 on Copyright in the Information Society (InfoSoc Directive) and related legislation, focusing on four key criteria: effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and relevance. The evaluation finds that the EU copyright framework scores poorly on all four accounts. Of the four … Continue reading The implementation, application and effects of Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society and of its related instruments