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Top 10 Posts on the Kluwer Copyright Blog in 2022

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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.

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Training AI models on Synthetic Data: No silver bullet for IP infringement risk in the context of training AI systems (Part 1 of 4)

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This is because training of GenAI models requires processing of large amounts of data that potentially contain copyrighted works, as well as materials displaying trademarks and data compilations which may be protected by sui generis database rights in the EU, or other information the use of which may be restricted by contract or terms of use.

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2022

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An agreement was reached in April 2022 between the European Parliament and EU Member States on the Digital Services Act, which was followed by an endorsement by the Parliament’s Internal Market Committee later in June 2022 and (although strictly not in this second trimester) the final text was approved on 5 July.

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2023

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For a blog post detailing the hearing before the court see here. On the copyright side, it stresses that some of the sources used to research the sector may be subject to copyright and database rights and as such it warns against infringement with an important focus on exceptions.

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2021

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This case relates to the sui generis database right and its application to the activity of search engines. We will have a detailed analysis of this case on the blog soon. June was a particularly eventful month for the communication to the public right and platform liability. CJEU judgments and AG Opinions. 682/18 and C ?683/18.