Franco-German declaration on copyright

Reforming copyright is fine, but priority must be given to the fair remuneration of authors, say France and Germany. In a joint declaration adopted on 31 March at the close of a joint Council of Ministers, the French and German Ministers of Culture, Fleur Pellerin and Heiko Maas, respectively, outlined the red lines of the future reform on copyright announced by the European Commission. “Our efforts are firstly concentrated on those who create works protected by copyright. They must be…