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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

At the same time, however, Article 6 of the Term Directive ( Directive 2006/116/EC ) also states that “Member States may provide for the protection of other photographs” and thus leaves to each Member State’s own discretion the decision of whether to provide some protection to non-original photographs in addition to “original” ones.

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The New Greek Teaching Limitation after the Implementation of the DSM Directive: A New Era for Teachers, Students and Educational Establishments?

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A 218/24.11.2022) implemented into the Greek legal order Directives (EU) 790/2019 (hereinafter DSMD) and 789/2019 (as well as Directive 2006/115 on the public lending right, but this is another (lengthy) story…). A major part of the amendments concerns Chapter 4 of Law 2121/1993, which regulates exceptions and limitations to copyright.

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EU copyright law round up – third trimester of 2022

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On 22 September 2022, the AG Szpunar issued his opinion in the AKM case on the interpretation of communication to the public by a satellite. European Commission, European Media Freedom Act. In September, the European Commission proposed a new Regulation targeting media pluralism and independence in the EU.

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2023

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The AG is of the opinion that such national legislation is precluded by EU law and in particular by Article 3(2) of Directive 2000/31 , as well as Article 16(1) and 2(d) of Directive 2006/123. For a blog post detailing the hearing before the court see here.

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Mandatory collective management of copyright: when the road to deadlock is paved with good intentions

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Member States, of course, have their own tradition with collective management (as amply demonstrated in the rich 2021 Study on emerging issues on collective licensing practices ), which they have adopted as a mandatory tool for exercising the rights of authors and other right holders in a wide variety of situations (as acknowledged under rec.