The European Commission and the European Parliament have made a relevant step forward by working on a copyright reform which aims at materializing the digital opportunities in a fair and legally secure way. Bitkom welcomes this reform initiative to the benefit of creators, distributing industries, society at large, aiming at innovation, investments and increased competitiveness of the cultural, ICT and media sectors. In this Policy Paper Bitkom addresses the four key issues in the context of copyright law and digitization.