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AG Szpunar suggests that statutory assignment of performers’ rights against performers’ will is contrary to EU law (C-575/23)

The IPKat

The musicians contend that this interpretation discriminates against statutory performers, potentially violating EU copyright directives. 3 and 7 to 9 of Directive 2006/115. At the same time, the AG pointed out that a statutory assignment of rights with a prior consent of those performers would not be contrary to EU law.

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Copyright, AI Training, and LLMs: The Path Forward

Velocity of Content

The following is an excerpt from the article “The Heart of the Matter: Copyright, AI Training, and LLMs,” authored by Daniel Gervais (Milton R. The full article can be read in the Journal of the Copyright Society. broadcasting rights) and/or compensation mechanisms (e.g., broadcasting rights) and/or compensation mechanisms (e.g.,

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Copyright law and football matches: impossible to match? (Part I)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This post is based on the chapter “Audiovisual Coverage of Sports Events and Copyright Law: Originality in the Details?” Or that Zinedine Zidane’s Panenka penalty in the 2006 World Cup final does not bear a personal creative stamp? But, could they be considered as works in the sense of European copyright law?

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EU copyright law round up – third trimester of 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Welcome to the third trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The copyright in these two titles expired at the beginning of 2021. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. You can read the previous round-ups here. Stay tuned!

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CJEU to decide whether publishers may receive CMO-run funds from private copying

The IPKat

It mainly collects private copying levies, but also for other rights, including public lending rights. 32(1) of the German Copyright Act , according to which collecting societies are, as a rule, to promote culturally important works and contributions. 32(2) of the German Copyright Act (paras. 106 and 115). rightholders).

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Copyright Protection of Photographs: a Comparative Analysis Between France, Germany and Italy

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photographs are included in Article 2(1) of the Berne Convention as copyrightable artistic works. All Berne Union Member States must thus provide copyright protection to photographic works. For instance, copyright protection has been denied to photographs taken by paparazzi and photographs of sport events.

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Bulgarian ISPs Will Block Pirate Bay & Zamunda, But Not Before a Fight

TorrentFreak

With torrent sites dominating the high seas of piracy in 2006, Bulgarian authorities decided to arrest Eliyan Geshev, administrator of the the country’s most popular tracker, ArenaBG. Copyright infringement of any kind causes serious harm to local music ecosystems and diverts money away from those who create and invest in music.”

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