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Copyright and the creative industries

Hamburg Declaration on Intellectual Property Rights - signatures (PDF file) (09 July 2009)

Hamburg Declaration on Intellectual Property Rights (PDF file) (25 June 2009)

European Commission Green Paper "Copyright in the Knowledge Economy" - response from the European Publishers Council (PDF file) (28 November 2008)

Content sector common submission on the Green Paper on Copyright in the Knowledge Economy (PDF file) (28 November 2008)

iComp Seminar, Brussels: IP Issues and their Impact on Internet Commerce - speech by Angela Mills Wade (PDF file) (23 October 2008)

Comments of the European Publishers Council on the Second Call for Comments: ‘Fair Compensation for Acts of Private Copying’ (PDF file) (18 April 2008)

EPC letter: Taking Forward the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property - Proposed Changes to
Copyright Exceptions ("the Consultation") (PDF file) (15 April 2008)

Comments of the European Publishers Council on Communication from the Commission on Creative Content Online in the Single Market (PDF file) (29 February 2008)

EPC response: Public consultation on the Review of EU Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications Networks and Services (PDF file) (27 October 2006)

ACAP general briefing paper (PDF file) (5 October 2006)

Letter to Mr Shaun Woodward MP, following the Creative Economy Programme Publishing Summit on 4 September 2006 (11 September 2006)

Response from the European Publishers Council to the first evaluation of Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases (10 March 2006)

EPC response: i2010 - Digital Libraries (PDF file) (20 January 2006)

Réponse du Conseil européen des éditeurs (EPC): i2010 : Bibliothèques numériques (Fichier PDF en Français) (20 janvier 2006)

Harnessing the Full Potential of the Digital Economy - Comments from the Creative and Media Business Alliance on the European Commission’s i2010 Communication

Response from the European Publishers Council to the communication from the Commission draft evaluation of Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases (9.8.2005)

Letter to Madame Fourtou concerning Article 21

Rightholders' Coalition: Facts about copyright ("Root of Europe’s cultural heritage; key to its cultural future")

Response to the European Commission Green Paper on Public Sector Information in the Information Society

Copyright and the publisher

Position Paper on the Proposal for a European Parliament & Council Directive on the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the Information Society

"Creativity and Intellectual Property Rights: Evolving Scenarios and Perspectives"

Why the Parliament was right to defend the need for strong copyright protection against piracy in the digital age

Conclusions of the International Copyright Conference - European Copyright Revisited (16 –18 June 2002)