Copyright: Reversion and Contract Adjustment Rights
Standard YouTube Licence Jane Lambert Had the United Kingdom remained a member of the European Union, it would have been obliged to transpose into the laws of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland arts 20 and 22 of Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC (Text with EEA relevance.) OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, p. 92–125 ("the Digital Single Market Directive") by 7 June 2021, Art 20 provided a contract adjustment mechanism and art 22 a right of revocation. The justification for a contract adjustment mechanism is set out in para (78) of the Directive's recitals: "Certain contracts for the exploitation of rights harmonised at Union level are of long duration, offering few opportunities for authors and performers to renegotiate them with their contractual counterparts or their successors in title in the event that...