DIRECTIVE HARMONIZING THE TERM OF COPYRIGHT AND CERTAIN RELATED RIGHTS

Directive Harmonizing the Term of Copyright and Certain Related Rights.Copyright. A 1993

European  Commission  initiative  setting  the  term  of  most  copyright  protection  at  the  life  of  the

author plus 70 years. • The directive extended coverage in most member countries to match that of

Germany, whose term was the longest on the Continent. — Also termed Duration Directive. [Blacks Law 8th]