Copyright & Licensing

EDiMA Documents - Press

• January 2010

• Industry Partnership Contribution to the Spanish Presidency Digital Europe Strategy

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• European ICT Industry identifies seven action areas to fully exploit the potential of the ICT sector for European citizens and businesses

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• October 2009

• "The Digital Single Market: a key to unlock the potential of the knowledge based economy," Speech from European Commissioner Viviane Reding, delivered at EDiMA's European Paliament White Paper launch, 1 October 2009

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• September 2009

• EDiMA Press Statement on European Parliament White Paper Launch: Achieving a European Digital Single Market

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• July 2009

• EDiMA response to consultation on the Online Commerce Roundtable Report on opportunities and barriers to online retailing

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• June 2009

• EDiMA White Paper on policy strategy for the development of new media services 2009-2014

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• July 2008

• EDiMA welcomes Commission decision on CISAC case

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• October 2005

• EDiMA position paper on CRM - Collective Rights Management

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Industry News

• August 2010

• DG Markt launches public consultation and questionnaire on the future of electronic commerce in the internal market and the implementation of the Directive on electronic commerce (2000/31/EC)

• July 2010

• The European Commission adopts the “Retail Market Monitoring Report” and launches public consultation.

• June 2010

• IMCO Committee adopts draft report on “Completing the Internal Market for e-commerce”.

• ICT industry summary meeting with Spanish Presidency in Madrid

• Plenary meeting of the European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy

• JURI Committee adopts Gallo report on “Enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market”.

• May 2010

• Rapporteur MEP Andreas Schwab (EPP, DE) presents new draft IMCO report on the proposed Consumer Rights Directive

• European Commission releases Communication on “A Digital Agenda for Europe”

• DG INFSO releases European Digital Competitive Report

• Publication of Professor Mario Monti’s Commission-backed report on “A new strategy for the Single Market”

• European Parliament ITRE Committee adopts own-initiative report on “A new Digital Agenda for Europe: 2015.eu” by Rapporteur MEP Pilar del Castillo Vera (EPP, ES)

• April 2010

• Draft consolidated public ACTA text is released

• EU Ministers for Telecommunications and Information Society approve the “Granada Declaration” for the new Digital Agenda proposed by the Spanish Presidency

• March 2010

• ITRE Committee adopts own-initiative report on “Defining a new Digital Agenda for Europe: from i2010 to digital.eu” from Rapporteur Pilar del Castillo (EPP, ES)

• November 2009

• UK government release Digital Britain Bill

• October 2009

• European Commission releases joint-statement on "General principles for the online distribution of music”

• European Commission (DG MARKT) releases Communication on copyright in the knowledge economy

• September 2009

• European Commission adopts Communication on enhancing the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the Internal Market

• May 2009

• Commission publishes the results of the Industry Roundtable on the sale and distribution of online goods organised by Commissioner Kroes in September 2008

• French Parliament adopts the law “Creativity and the Internet”

• April 2009

• European Parliament adopts report on term extension of copyright and related rights

• March 2009

• European Commission publishes stakeholders’ contribution to its public consultation on the Green Paper on copyright in the knowledge-based economy

• February 2009

• JURI committee of the European Parliament adopts Brian Crowley’s report on term extension of copyright and related rights