Law note · European Union
Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (InfoSoc Directive)
cite Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001, OJ L 167, 22.6.2001, pp. 10-19
stage IN FORCE in force since 2001-06-22
Harmonises the reproduction right (Art. 2) and the right of communication to the public (Art. 3) across EU member states, establishing the copyright baseline under which news snippets and cached copies are assessed.
The mandatory temporary-copies safe harbour (Art. 5(1)) and the optional quotation exception (Art. 5(3)(d)) define the outer limits of lawful short-extract reproduction by news aggregators; member states must implement Art. 5 exceptions strictly and may not create additional exceptions beyond the exhaustive list.
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