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Top 10 Posts on the Kluwer Copyright Blog in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

A vanishing right? The Sui Generis Database Right and the proposed Data Act by Paul Keller. [T]he T]he European Commission published its proposal for a Data Act. At the same time, a global paradigm of online piracy enabling the retransmission of sports events on a worldwide basis has dynamically emerged.

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

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The author gave food for thought on the reproduction of works of art on book covers, on possible moral rights in the discussion, and on Walter Benjamin's notion of the "aura" of a work. Voting closes at midnight on January 31, 2022, and winners will be announced thereafter.

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A Closer Insight into Copyright related Issues in the Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition on the Commission’s Proposal for a Data Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission (EC) published a Proposal for a ‘Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act)’. This post focuses on selected copyright and related rights matters that the Institute details in its Position Statement. Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay. Introduction.