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EU court fines Bulgaria, Denmark, Portugal over late copyright law adoption

By Inbar Preiss ( May 8, 2025, 13:14 GMT | Insight) -- The EU's highest court has fined Bulgaria, Denmark and Portugal more than 6 million euros for missing the deadline to implement the 2019 EU Copyright Directive. These countries adopted national rules implementing the directive only after legal proceedings had begun, the EU Court of Justice said today. Arguments about the Covid-19 crisis and political instability weren't valid excuses for not complying with EU law, the court said.Bulgaria, Denmark, and Portugal must pay more than 6 million euros ($6.8 million) in fines the EU’s top court ruled today, after judges found that they had failed to recast EU copyright rules into national law on time....

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