Retsgrundlaget for software er som nævnt af ordføreren for Udvalget om Kultur, Ungdom, Uddannelse, Medier og Sport, hr. Rocard, allerede reguleret af et fællesskabsdirektiv.
The system for those, as the rapporteur for the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, Mr Rocard, has pointed out, is already regulated by means of a Community Directive.