IP and copyright consistent and coherent with the digital world

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    Mercedes Diaz
    6 March 2015 - updated 4 years ago
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Experience: 

A digital single market requires also a legislation that provides a consistent framework for the circulation of information and intellectual works according to the new reality of the digital world (as opposed to physical models used in the past).

Pieces of legislations like new Spanish Intellectual Property law go frontally against these principles. They not only constitute a plain attack to the possibilities and opportunities that a digital community offers, but also limits the rights of a part of EU citizens (in this case, Spanish). Operations in Spain for companies linking or sharing any type of information from other parties is not only difficult, but also expensive. As result, Spanish citizens have less opportunities to access to high quality, curated information, and entrepreneurs in the country need to find alternatives, often off borders, to develop their ideas.

Situations like this cripple the evolution towards a digital economy, and relegates citizens in certain countries to the back seat of innovation and progress. 

Ideas: 

A digital single market requires also a legislation that provides a consistent framework for the circulation of information and intellectual works according to the new reality of the digital world (as opposed to physical models used in the past). The EU should define a minimum framework to safeguard the free access to information and opportunities for all EU citizens, regardless of the country where they are based.