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The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) wholeheartedly welcome the adoption of the Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market by the European Parliament. After years of debates and heated campaigns, MEPs adopted yesterday a critical piece of legislation that aims at adapting the copyright to the digital world. The...

Read the joint letter of more than 230 cultural professional organisations in Europe asking the European Parliament to adopt the Copyright Directive end of March:                                                  

The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) welcome the political agreement reached in trilogue between the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission, after long negotiations over the last few months. Since the beginning of the Copyright directive reform’s process, the EU institutions came under great pressure and struggled...

On December 9th, the European Commission published its action plan to modernize copyright and its regulation on cross-border portability for on-line services. The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity see a clear evolution in the European Commission’s position on the subject.  In particular it welcomes the Commission’s recognition of the importance...

The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity strongly reject the conclusions stated in the draft report on the implementation of the 2001 directive on copyright and related rights in the information society published by Julia Reda, rapporteur and MEP for the Pirate Party. Read the press release