Amendments regarding copyright on the digital single market
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The Riksdag voted in favour of the Government's proposal to amend the Act on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works. The proposal is based on an EU directive and contains new rules in order to modify the Act on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works in line with digital developments.
As digital technology enables new ways of using copyrighted work, Swedish copyright legislation needs to be modernised accordingly. The Government's proposal includes restrictions in copyright to facilitate teaching and research, as well as to protect our cultural heritage. It also entails new provisions concerning the freedom to reproduce older works of art.
The proposal also means that newspaper companies will be able to receive compensation when their works are reproduced on the internet. There will also be new provisions which regulate liability when users themselves upload works on different digital platforms. Service providers and platforms are to enter into agreements with right holders who wish to do so, but they are also obliged to act when work is uploaded against the will of the right holder.
Finally, a number of rules will be introduced which aim to strengthen the contract terms of originators when they give up their rights to publishing houses, producers, newspapers or other actors on the copyright market.
The amendments will come into force on 1 January 2023.