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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

Related rights. In addition to rights of the author, German copyright law also recognises related rights. With regard to Section 51 UrhG, the BGH ruled that the right of quotation does not require that the person using the quote critically examines the appropriated work to a significant extent.

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3 Count: Time’s Side

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1: Court of Appeals Rules That a Timely Filed Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Can Recover All Damages, No Matter How Long Ago They Occurred. However, under the conventional theory of damages, Starz would have only been eligible for damages on infringements going back to May 2017, three years before the lawsuit was filed in May 2020.

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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. To introduce a mechanism of extended copyright licensing.

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Is the Italian Legislation on Collective Copyright Management compliant with EU Law?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In fact, until 2017, when the Decree-Law No. 148/2017 was issued, which changed the legal position, a legal monopoly was granted to a public entity (SIAE – Italian Society of Authors and Publishers ) by Article 180 of the Italian Copyright Law (Law No. 35/2017, whose Art. 633 of 1941).

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Establishment and operation of CMOs in Greece

LexBlog IP

Further, according to article 8(2) of Law 4481/2017, a CMO may exist under the form of a public limited company (SA), but all of its shares must be mandatorily registered. Legal forms of CMOs. In practice, most CMOs in Greece have chosen the form of limited liability civil cooperatives. to be organised on a non-profit basis.

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The WIPO Files I: the quest to protect user rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

For most of its existence, international copyright policy at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has focused on the creation and harmonization of exclusive rights. This is the first of a series of blog posts on copyright reform at WIPO. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. by Christopher Heath. €

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Collective management of copyright and neighbouring rights in Greece

LexBlog IP

Under the Copyright Law, certain copyright and related rights are subject to mandatory collective management, meaning that they can be exercised only through a collective management organisation (CMO). Introduction. Such remuneration is payable only to CMOs. Legislative background.