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[Guest Post] Copyright as movable property: Constitutional issues with Nigeria’s Copyright Act 2022

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams , PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding Nigeria's Copyright Act 2022 (which came into effect in 2023) and its constitutional reference to copyright as movable property.

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Comparative Report on the National Implementations of Articles 15 & 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This included the highly controversial Articles 15 and 17 on, respectively, the new press publishers’ right (PPR) and the new copyright liability scheme for “online content-sharing services providers” (OCSSPs). After a brief word on the transposition options available to the Member States, it will focus on Article 15 CDSMD.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

by guest blogger Kieran McCarthy Many characterize the law of copyright preemption of contracts as a circuit split. It’s not that half of federal judges have adopted one clear stance on copyright preemption of contracts and the other half have adopted another clear stance. But fair use isn’t a defense to a breach of contract claim.

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Implementing Article 15 of the CDSMD into the Greek legal order: “creative” or further confirmation of the EU press market’s fragmentation?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

4996/2022 in November 2022 ( ΦΕΚ Α´ 2022/24.11.2022 ), which amended the basic Greek Copyright Law ( L. 3 in fine ) and is, thus, unable to place other elements of the public domain, such as information and news, out of the reach of the PPR (see, Christina Angelopoulos, Comparative National implementation Report, p.

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The Canadian Government Makes its Choice: Implementation of Copyright Term Extension Without Mitigating Against the Harms

Michael Geist

While the government is not making the change retroactive (meaning works currently in the public domain stay there), no one seriously expected that to happen. I have written multiple posts in recent weeks on the copyright term extension issue once the measure was buried unannounced in Budget 2022. – who noted: the U.S. –

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Copyright implications of Augmented Reality for cultural goods – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This authorization may be grounded on property, contracts, cultural heritage rules or on copyright. The creation of AR experiences may involve acts of reproduction and communication to the public that have potential copyright implications. i) Public domain works. 2022, 618ff. published in Grur.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat the past 2 weeks!

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DESIGNS The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (OLG Düsseldorf) sent a referral to the CJEU (Case C-684/21) on the role of alternative designs in the examination of Article 8(1) of Regulation 6/2002. Voting closes at midnight on January 31, 2022, and winners will be announced thereafter.