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Key 2023 update: EU Directive implemented in Greek copyright law

LexBlog IP

Last year saw the introduction of Law 4996/2022, which brought significant changes to IP legislation in Greece, amending several provisions of the existing Copyright Law 2121/1993 as well as Law 4481/2017 on Collective Management. Law 4996/2022 was implemented into the Greek legislation EU Directive 2019/789.

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The Beijing Treaty: A step forward in the protection of related rights in audiovisual performances

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The BTAP offers a solution in its controversial Article 12, which enables, but does not require, participating States to introduce a presumption of assignment in favour of the producer, unless otherwise agreed, from the moment the artist agrees to the fixation of his performance in an audiovisual recording. Audiovisual globalisation.

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A Proposal to leverage Article 17 to build a public repository of Public Domain and openly licensed works

Kluwer Copyright Blog

While the idea of creating repositories of Public Domain and openly licensed works is not new as such, we are proposing to use Article 17 of the EU copyright directive as leverage to create such a repository. More from our authors: Exceptions in EU Copyright Law: In Search of a Balance Between Flexibility and Legal Certainty.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 3 of 4: Related rights and exceptions and limitations

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Parts 1 and 2 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here and here , and part 4 will be published on the blog shortly. Related rights. Reporting on current events (Section 50 UrhG) and right of quotation (Section 51 UrhG).

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AG Øe advises CJEU to rule that Article 17 is COMPATIBLE with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and should not be annulled

The IPKat

AG Saugmandsgaard Øe Is Article 17 of Directive 2019/790 (DSMD) compatible with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights , notably its Article 11 and the principle of freedom of expression and information? He considered that the only option available to the CJEU is to either save or annul Article 17 in its entirety.

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Opinion of the European Copyright Society on certain selected aspects of Case C-227/23, Kwantum Nederland and Kwantum België

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Article 2(7) introduces a material reciprocity test, limiting copyright protection for works of applied art not protected in their country of origin. The proposed Design Directive and Regulation maintain the cumulation principle, aligning with CJEU case law on originality. Any limitation must be clearly defined by law.

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UK Government axes plans to broaden existing text and data mining exception

The IPKat

It is thus clear that TDM does matter - but what should its relationship with copyright and related rights be? It should be noted at the outset that, on the one hand, some commentators hold the view that TDM would not even be covered by copyright law.