With digitalization, the production and distribution of information within the global network has undergone change; new actors, mechanisms, and rules have come into play. Publication types such as newspapers, radio, television, and music have adapted to the digitalization process and continued to reach users through new media. However, digitalization also raises some issues regarding the protection of the rights of the source that produces the digital product. A song produced by a singer can gain new value through a social media user's post. A news article published on a newspaper's website can be scanned by Google and transformed into a new news product. The question of who will earn income from the new digital product and how has been increasingly debated in recent years. The “EU Digital Single Market Copyright Directive,” which emerged as a result of these debates, aims to ensure that a portion of the income flowing to large digital companies is transferred to journalists and artists and that the power held by digital companies is restricted.
17 June 2022
The EU Digital Single Market Copyright Directive and the Situation in Türkiye
What kind of innovations does the Digital Single Market Copyright Directive bring to the EU? How does the copyright directive affect content producers and users? What is Europe's digital transformation strategy? What can Turkey do in terms of digital rights?
