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Europe, and the EU to be more accurate, is rabidly pro copyright. They might also be pro consumer, usually, but not when discussing copyright. Just look at the
by mardifoufs 4y ago
Europe, and the EU to be more accurate, is rabidly pro copyright. They might also be pro consumer, usually, but not when discussing copyright. Just look at the EU copyright laws that were recently pased. Or the stranglehold copyright lobbies have on member states (the music industry in Germany, for example)
In general, the US is more lenient and has a broader definition of fair use.
- xxpor 4y agoGermany doesn't even have a general fair use doctrine in the first place! It's really horrendous. Most countries' governments outside the US also assert copyright on their own works, which is ridiculous IMO, but is a good representation of the entire concept of the US: legitimacy is derived from the people themselves. The government can't have copyright because The People as a whole own the work.