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]