• Article 1 - Subject matter and scope
• Article 2 - Definitions
• Article 3 - Text and data mining
• Article 3a - Optional exception or limitation for text and data mining
• Article 4 - Use of works and other subject-matter in digital and cross-border teaching activities
• Article 5 - Preservation of cultural heritage
• Article 6 - Common provisions
• Article 7 - Use of out-of-commerce works by cultural heritage institutions
• Article 8 - Cross-border uses
• Article 8a - Publicity measures
• Article 9 - Stakeholder dialogue
• Article 10 - Negotiation mechanism
• Article 10a - Union legal deposit
• Article 11 - Protection of press publications concerning digital uses
• Article 12 - Claims to fair compensation
• Article 12a - Protection of sport event organizers
• Article 13 - Use of protected content by online content sharing service providers storing and giving access to large amounts of works and other subject-matter uploaded by their users
• Article 13a - Untitled
• Article 13b - Use of protected content by information society services providing automated image referencing
• Article -14 - Principle of fair and proportionate remuneration
• Article 14 - Transparency obligation
• Article 15 - Contract adjustment mechanism
• Article 16 - Dispute resolution mechanism
• Article 16a - Right of revocation
• Article 17 - Amendments to other directives
• Article 17a - Untitled
• Article 18 - Application in time
• Article 19 - Transitional provision
• Article 20 - Protection of personal data
• Article 21 - Transposition
• Article 22 - Review
• Article 23 - Entry into force
• Article 24 - Addressees

• Recital 1 - Establishment of an internal market
• Recital 2 - Harmonised legal framework
• Recital 3 - Adaptation of the copyright framework
• Recital 4 - Supplementary directives
• Recital 5 - Exceptions, limitations and digital technologies
• Recital 6 - Balancing the interests of rightholders, authors and users
• Recital 7 - Protection of technological measures established in Directive 2001/29/EC
• Recital 8 - Text and data mining by research organisations
• Recital 9 - Text and data mining for scientific research
• Recital 10 - Mandatory exception for research organisations
• Recital 11 - Definition of 'research organisation'
• Recital 12 - Security of rightholders’ systems or databases
• Recital 13 - Compensation for rightholders in the context of the text and data mining exception
• Recital 14 - Mandatory exception or limitation for 'illustration for teaching'
• Recital 15 - Scope of mandatory exception or limitation for 'educational establishments'
• Recital 16 - Exception for teaching
• Recital 17 - Cross-border implementation of exception or limitation for educational establishments
• Recital 18 - Mandatory exception for cultural heritage institutions
• Recital 19 - Cross-border approaches to acts of preservation
• Recital 20 - Scope of member states’ authority to provide exceptions for cultural heritage institutions
• Recital 21 - Cultural heritage institutions and duration of ownership
• Recital 22 - Frameworks for the digitisation and dissemination of works
• Recital 23 - Member states’ authority in the context of out-of-commerce works
• Recital 24 - Collective management systems
• Recital 25 - Types of works
• Recital 26 - Works or other subject-matter of third countries
• Recital 27 - Covering the costs of licensing
• Recital 28 - Publicising licensing arrangements
• Recital 29 - Video-on-demand services
• Recital 30 - Mediator to facilitate licensing of rights to video-on-demand services
• Recital 31 - Publishers of press publications
• Recital 32 - Harmonised legal protection for press publications
• Recital 33 - Definition and scope of 'press publication'
• Recital 34 - Rights of press publications
• Recital 35 - Scope of press publications’ and authors’ protections
• Recital 36 - Compensation for authors and publishers
• Recital 37 - The role of online content marketplaces
• Recital 38 - Responsibilities of online content sharing service providers
• Recital 39 - Unauthorised protected works
• Recital 40 - Authors and performers need information to assess the economic value of their rights
• Recital 41 - Information transparency across sectors
• Recital 42 - Remuneration adjustment mechanism
• Recital 43 - Alternative dispute resolution procedure
• Recital 44 - Subsidiarity
• Recital 45 - Applicability of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
• Recital 46 - Processing of personal data
• Recital 47 - National transposition instruments

Copyright Directive

Contained in these pages is a user friendly version of the The EU’s proposed Copyright Directive.

The Directive isn’t finalised however this application allows you to compare the Parliament’s (as adopted 12th September, 2018), Council’s (as adopted 25th May, 2018) and Commission’s (as adopted 14th September, 2016) positions side-by-side across all Articles and Recitals.

The next vote on the Copyright Directive will take place in the European Parliament in January. The Council of the European Union has also formed agreement on its position and will enter into discussions with the European Parliament.

While we’ve remained as faithful as possible to all hosted proposals, we’ve also given unique titles to each recital for the purposes of aiding navigation.

You can review the amendments adopted by the European Parliament here (PDF), the Council’s proposal here (PDF) and the original text of the European Commission’s proposal here (PDF).

Title I (Articles 1 - 2)

General provisions

• Article 1 - Subject matter and scope
• Article 2 - Definitions

Title II (Articles 3 - 6)

Measures to adapt exceptions and limitations to the digital and cross-border environment

• Article 3 - Text and data mining
• Article 3a - Optional exception or limitation for text and data mining
• Article 4 - Use of works and other subject-matter in digital and cross-border teaching activities
• Article 5 - Preservation of cultural heritage
• Article 6 - Common provisions

Title III (Articles 7 - 10)

Measures to improve licensing practices and ensure wider access to content

• Article 7 - Use of out-of-commerce works by cultural heritage institutions
• Article 8 - Cross-border uses
• [EU Council only] Article 8a - Publicity measures
• Article 9 - Stakeholder dialogue
• [EU Council only] Article 9a - Collective licensing with an extended effect
• Article 10 - Negotiation mechanism
• [EU Parliament only] Article 10a - Union legal deposit

Title IV (Articles 11 - 16)

Measures to achieve a well-functioning marketplace for copyright

• Article 11 - Protection of press publications concerning digital uses
• Article 12 - Claims to fair compensation
• [EU Parliament only] Article 12a - Protection of sport event organizers
• Article 13 - Use of protected content by online content sharing service providers
• [EU Parliament only] Article 13a - Untitled
• [EU Parliament only] Article 13b - Use of protected content by information society services providing automated image referencing
• Article -14 - Principle of fair and proportionate remuneration
• Article 14 - Transparency obligation
• Article 15 - Contract adjustment mechanism
• Article 16 - Dispute resolution mechanism
• Article 16a - Right of revocation

Title V (Articles 17 - 24)

Final provisions

• Article 17 - Amendments to other directives
• [EU Parliament only] Article 17a - Untitled
• Article 18 - Application in time
• Article 19 - Transitional provision
• Article 20 - Protection of personal data
• Article 21 - Transposition
• Article 22 - Review
• Article 23 - Entry into force
• Article 24 - Addresses