1. IAMCR 2013
A wave of fresh air in copyright
regulation?
European countries adopting new approaches for
protecting content industries
Prof. Loreto Corredoira
Complutense Univ.
Spain

2. Figure 1
SUPRANATIONAL IP ENFORCEMENT REGIMES
IN THE DIGITAL ERA
Name Jurisdiction Current status
ACTA Multilateral treaty Enacted in some countries;
rejected by the European
Parliament
TRIPS World Trade Organization Enacted by 157 Member
States
European Directives EU Enacted by 27 Member
States
CETA Canada-EU Draft stages

3. Figure 2
NATIONAL IP ENFORCEMENT REGIMES IN THE
DIGITAL ERA
Name Jurisdiction Current status
Loi Hadopi France Enacted, found to be
unconstitutional in June
2009, subsequently
revised by the
Constitutional Council
Decision no. 2009-580 of
10 June 2009
Ley & Reglamento
Sinde-Wert
Spain Enacted
Digital Economy Act U.K. Enacted
Internet Law (Marco
Civil da Internet)
Brazil In process
Ley Lleras Colombia In process
SOPA and PIPA US Rejected

4. Figure 3
DIFFERENT METHODS TO PURSUE COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS
Follow the money
Gov intervenes in transactions, advertising,
bank accounts…
Follow the user
Gov tracks users violating intellectual property rights
by recording the IP address and monitoring traffic;
the individual user is considered the party legally responsible
for upholding IPR
Follow the site
Gov intervenes or prosecutes the ISP hosting
the illegal traffic; the ISP is considered the party
legally responsible for upholding IPR
Hadopi Law
France
SOPA -PIPA Drafts
UK (to appear..)
Spain Criminal
Law
Sinde Law (Spain)
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