Copyright New EU Commissioner promises copyright reform, but can he deliver? Monika Ermert, Heise, Intellectual Property Watch, VDI-Nachrichten PUBLISHED ON: 23 Oct 2014 Copyright reform in the EU has been elusive for years. Now a new Commissioner coming from a quite different field of expertise has the mandate to cut the Gordian knot. Yet, experts like Monica Horten doubt that this will ever happen. This is why.