This Practice Note summarises and explains the background to and individual articles of the EU Digital Single Market Copyright Directive, Directive (EU) 2019/790 (EU DSM Copyright Directive), including the controversy around the wording of certain provisions of the EU DSM Copyright Directive such as Article 15 on rights in press publications and Article 17 on use of protected content by online content sharing service providers. The Practice Note also covers the implementation in Member States.