Auteursrecht: Registreren of niet registeren?

B9 11735. Lucie Guibault, IViR:  To register or not to register?
Kort commentaar n.a.v. B9 11685, Wetsvoorstel Wijziging van de Registratiewet 1970 en enige andere wetten (Wet elektronische registratie notariële akten), dat o.a. ziet op de afschaffing van de ‘datumstempel’-registratie door de Belastingdienst.

“On 27 September, the Dutch government introduced what at first glance would seem an inconsequential proposal, e.g. to amend the Register Act of 1970 whereby the possibility for legal and natural persons to register their copyright protected work at the tax office will be eliminated. Should the Dutch proposal be adopted, the registration of private deeds will be limited to those acts concerning subject matter for which registration is a legal formality.

(…) The Dutch legislative initiative comes in sharp contrast to the recent trend noticeable in Europe, as in the UK for example. Last July, a committee of the UK Intellectual Property Office led by Richard Hooper published its final report for the Feasibility Study into the Digital Copyright Exchange. This report is part of the Hargreaves implementation and is meant to tackle the problem of copyright licensing in the digital age by putting forward the creation of a cross sectoral Digital Copyright Exchange. Regarding the Digital Copyright Exchange, the report recommends the following:

Lees het volledige commentaar hier (KluwerCopyrightBlog).