The Council of Ministers approved this Thursday the transfer of the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market.
According to a statement from the Council of Ministers, several Diplomas have been approved that translate European Union acts on various matters into the domestic legal order, including “Decree Law that transposes Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights into the digital single market “.
On March 16, the President of the Republic promulgated the Decree of the Assembly of the Republic, which authorized the government to enact laws on copyright and related rights in the digital single market, transposing the corresponding European directive.
The adopted Diploma authorized the Government to transpose European Directive n.
The goal is to protect the ownership of the content of artists, musicians, writers and journalists on the Internet by creating rules for the use of their works by third parties, namely on Internet platforms.
Under the global terms of European law, tech giants such as Facebook, Google and YouTube are now required to enforce copyright.
Approved on April 17, 2019, the directive had to be translated into the legislation of each Member State by June 7, 2021.
On July 26, 2021, the European Commission opened an infringement case against Portugal and 22 other European Union (EU) countries for failing to disclose how they transposed the new community copyright legislation, or only partially did so.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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