Blog Archive
Imbalance of Power in the Copyright Tug-of-War between Press Publishers and Internet Service Providers: The Example of Poland’s implementation of Digital Single Market Directive
The rise of digital platforms like Google and Facebook has transformed the media landscape, allowing them to distribute press publishers’ content while often monetising it without fair compensation. To address this, the EU introduced the Digital Single Market Directive (DSM), aiming to ensure fair use and remuneration for publishers. However, Poland’s implementation of the DSM has faced significant hurdles, revealing the challenges in establishing effective secondary rights for publishers and enforcement mechanisms, argues Malgorzata Kozak.
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Green Crimes and Ecojustice
The conference ‘Green Crimes & Ecojustice’ was held at Utrecht University in May 2023. This conference provided a unique opportunity to hear more on the increasingly important and broad fields of green criminology, environmental sociology, environmental law, political ecology, and conservation studies, and how these are engaged with the full spectrum of crimes and harms against the environment.
Professor Nigel South and Dr Daan van Uhm, coordinator of the RENFORCE Building Block on Illicit Environmental Markets, were interviewed by Gemma Venhuizen from the Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad, who wrote an article for the newspaper. A translation is shared in this blogpost.
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