article thumbnail

Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 3 of 4: Related rights and exceptions and limitations

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Parts 1 and 2 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here and here , and part 4 will be published on the blog shortly. Related rights. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. by Christopher Heath. €

article thumbnail

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 led the Committee to embark on a decade-long process of commissioning expert studies relating to L&Es. by Christopher Heath. €

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Estonian Supreme Court rules on the communication to the public of phonograms by a (non-profit) dance school

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The court also pointed out that the following circumstances shall also be taken into account in the establishment of reasonable tariffs for remuneration rights: (i) the nature and scope of the use of the work and objects of related rights; and (ii) the economic value of the service provided by the collective management organisation.

article thumbnail

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This contribution is based on a paper published in 44 European Intellectual Property Law Review 595 (2022). . As is known, originality has always been the essential requirement of copyright law, and only works that show some minimum amount of this attribute usually fall within the scope of protection.

article thumbnail

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-06-26

Barry Sookman

RT @McCarthy_ca : McCarthy Tétrault’s multidisciplinary Cyber/Data experts are proud to announce our Cybersecurity Blog Series, helping you… 2021-06-22. link] 2021-06-22.

article thumbnail

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Having excluded copyright protection, the only question which remained was to establish whether the broadcasts could be protected by related rights of the broadcasters. So, more evolutions are expected, since digital revolutions will continue to shake the world of copyright law. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

article thumbnail

Broadcasters’ Cable Retransmission Rights: in line (or not) with the EU right of communication to the public?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

However, Member States can provide for such a right in their legislations. Even if Member States remain free to establish cable retransmission rights both for copyright holders and holders of related rights, these rights should be construed through the harmonised conceptual framework of this Directive.