A very technical paper

“This is a very technical paper. Unfortunately, it is so because copyright law has become too complicated.”

This is the first line in the new, updated version of João Quintais and Martin Husovec’s paper on licensing Article 17. The original version of this paper, published almost a year ago made a significant contribution to the discussion about Article 17 by arguing that Member States have in fact considerable policy options when implementing Article 17. Their argument has turned out to be extremely influential having found its way into the legal arguments made by the Commission in front of the CJEU in Case C-682/18 (YouTube), the German discussion draft for implementing Article 17 and the Commission’s consultation on the Article 17 guidance.

And while the paper is indeed very technical, Quintais and Husovec have done a really good job at making their argument more accessible in this new version. See for yourself here