TY - JOUR
AU - Rosati, Eleonora
AB - IIC (2021) 52:1139–1142 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40319-021-01082-6 EDITORIAL The DSM Directive Two Years On: Do Things Ever Get Easier? Eleonora Rosati Accepted: 27 May 2021 / Published online: 16 June 2021 The Author(s) 2021 In 2019, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive), an ambitious piece of legislation supported by multiple rationales, including to: (1) guarantee a high level of protection; (2) streamline rights clearance; (3) create a level playing field for the exploitation of protected content; (4) remedy interpre- tative uncertainties; and (5) guarantee a well-functioning and fair marketplace for protected content. 7 June 2021 was – or rather, would have been – the deadline for the national transpositions of the DSM Directive. Two things are certain in all this. The first is that most EU Member States failed to meet the June deadline. The Netherlands was the first country to transpose the Directive in full. Other Member States are also likely to finalise the transposition process before the summer recess period begins or in the course of Autumn 2021. However, in a significant number of countries, the process is still at relatively an early stage. The 
TI - The DSM Directive Two Years On: Do Things Ever Get Easier?
JF - IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law
DO - 10.1007/s40319-021-01082-6
DA - 2021-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/the-dsm-directive-two-years-on-do-things-ever-get-easier-1x7I0LLwZ5
SP - 1139
EP - 1142
VL - 52
IS - 9
DP - DeepDyve
ER -