===== The European Copyright Directive =====

Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society Official Journal L 167 , 22/06/2001 P. 0010 - 0019 http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&numdoc=32001L0029&lg=EN

based on the WTO/WIPO TRIPS agreement http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/agrm6_e.htm

status http://wiki.ael.be/index.php/EUCD-Status

_from AEL (Association Electronique Libre) http://www.ael.be/

==== commentry ====
  * http://www.ivir.nl/publications/hugenholtz/opinion-EIPR.html

==== not far enough? ====
  * http://www.effi.org/julkaisut/lausunnot/ipr_enforcement_lausunto.en.html