Intellectual Property
Copyright / Neighbouring Rights / Database Protection
Europe: Proposal for Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society
•  The unofficial text of the European Parliament and Council directive on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
 
•  European Commission - Proposal for Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society
(10 December 1997) (also available: full text version) 
 

Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society: Proposal for a Directive Background document

Follow-up to the Green Paper on Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society COM(96)586 (20.11.96); also available in Winword in: EN , FR , DE

Commission Green Paper on Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society - COM(95)382 final: Summary | Full text inWinWord format 

Updated 15.12.2005