By the deadline on 7 June, Slovenia had failed to implement two directives of the European Parliament and of the Council adopted back in 2019 that are pivotal to the protection of copyrights in the audiovisual sector:
• Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC, and
• Directive (EU) 2019/789 on retransmissions.
It was only recently (4 June 2021) that the EU Commission issued guidelines for the implementation of Article 17 of the CDSM Directive. What are the implications of this delay? How should the two directives be transposed for authors to enjoy all the rights provided for therein? What other changes should be made in Slovenia’s copyright law? These and other issues will be discussed at this year’s AIPA event for industry delegates of FSF Portorož.