Urs Gasser on the European Union Copyright Directive

Berkman Fellow Urs Gasser chaired a panel on the EU Copyright Directive at the Wizards-of-OS 4.0 conference in Berlin this past week.  In the course of the panel discussion, he recognized three recurring themes:

Harmonization of copyright law comes at significant cost and leads to a race to the top as far as the protection of copyright holders’ interests are concerned.

The EUCD (European Union Copyright Directive) has created significant asymmetries and imbalances that need to be fixed.

The solution to some of the flaws of the EUCD might be found in other areas of law such as competition law or consumer protection law.

To read more about his panel and the conference, check out Urs’ blog.