Apparently (and logically) it only applies to original art, excepting literary and musical manuscripts: http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/internal_market/

Apparently (and logically) it only applies to original art, excepting literary and musical manuscripts: http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/internal_market/businesses/intellectual_property/l26049_en.htm http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/internal_market/busin... Therefore it seems that it has absolutely no effect on art reproduction, and of course printed books of any kind.