The Belgian Copyright Act finally revamped with the implementation of the Copyright Directive (2001/29): the good, the bad and the ugly

Derclaye, Estelle

The Belgian Copyright Act finally revamped with the implementation of the Copyright Directive (2001/29): the good, the bad and the ugly

Derclaye, Estelle

Authors

ESTELLE DERCLAYE estelle.derclaye@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Intellectual Property Law

Abstract

On 22 May 2005, exactly two and a half years too late according to the maximum implementation deadline, Belgium finally implemented Directive 2001/29 on copyright and related rights in the information society (“the Directive”). The act was published in the Belgian Official Gazette (Moniteur Belge/Belgisch Staatsblad) of 27 May 2005 and entered into force the same day. This short commentary provides an overview of the implementation, focusing on the changes made to the Copyright Act 1994 and pinpointing areas where implementation has been correct and incorrect. For reasons of space, the commentary will focus only copyright and not related rights, although most of the provisions applying to the former also apply to latter.

Citation

Derclaye, E. (2005). The Belgian Copyright Act finally revamped with the implementation of the Copyright Directive (2001/29): the good, the bad and the ugly

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Dec 1, 2005
Deposit Date	Nov 27, 2012
Publicly Available Date	Dec 2, 2022
Journal	European Current Law
Electronic ISSN	0964-0037
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	2005
Article Number	xi-xv
Public URL	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1019830
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