Supportive Measures in Favor of Content Producers in the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market and the Approach of the New Iranian Copyright Bill to these Measures

The new European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, approved in 2019, is designed on the one hand to provide more legal support in favor of content producers and on the other hand to offer new opportunities for consumers to access copyright-protected content. In that directive three main supportive measures can be recognized: out-of-commerce works, judicial contract adjustment mechanism and protection of press publication concerning digital uses. Through comparative study, it can be deduced that out-of-commerce works and certain contractual support, except judicial adjustment mechanism, can be provided via new Iranian Copyright Bill. However, the protection of press publication, through related rights, is not offered in the latter Bill. That is an issue which can be discussed in drafting the final version of the new Iranian Copyright Bill. . Through comparative study, it can be deduced that out-of-commerce works and certain contractual support, except judicial adjustment mechanism, can be provided via new Iranian Copyright Bill. However, the protection of press publication, through related rights, is not offered in the latter Bill. That is an issue which can be discussed in drafting the final version of the new Iranian Copyright Bill.