Media

Media

This subtopic contains guidance on EU level rules relating to media and online advertising.

Tracking developments

Practice Note: Media, digital and telecoms tracker—EU tracks the progress of EU judgments, legislative proposals and current consultations related to media, digital and telecoms rights. Practice Note: European Media Freedom Act—tracker [Archived] tracks, more specifically, the progress of the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market, also called the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which was adopted and published in the Official Journal on 17 April 2024.

Key EU media legislation

The EU Digital Single Market Copyright Directive—Directive (EU) 2019/790

Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the EU Digital Single Market (EU DSM Copyright Directive) aims to encourage cross-border digitalisation and distribution, enhance the data economy through key exceptions and actively reinforce the position of right holders in the EU. The deadline to transpose the EU DSM Copyright Directive was 7 June 2021.

Practice Note: The Digital Single Market Copyright Directive—Directive (EU) 2019/790—EU summarises and explains the background to

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