MEPs push for new copyright law in digital era

MEPs in the legal affairs committee are calling on the European Commission to adopt mandatory rules on copyright management instead of issuing softer so-called "recommendations" on the issue in future, as artists, record labels and computer companies battle it out for control of the new digital market place.

Hungarian socialist MEP Katalin Levai proposed last week "a binding legislative act…in the form of a directive to harmonise this important area" and update the 2001 copyright direc...