Contribution of EBF to the consultation regarding the application of the Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of intellectual property rights

Although booksellers are not usually the rights holders, they support the concept of
the enforcement of copyright as passionately as authors and publishers.
Furthermore, in reason of the shift to digitization and new digital business models,
booksellers will de facto guarantee the proper enforcement of copyright when they
sell e-books and digital files to their customers, either in terrestrial shops or online.

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