“Just over a year ago the European Commission proposed the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive) to reform copyright in the European Union. It is about time that the European copyright landscape is improved and adapted to the 21st century, since the last Directive concerning copyright originates from 2001. We hope this Out of Office will help us towards a better understanding of what happened over the last year and what needs to happen in the time to come to exploit the legislative opportunity.”