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JANUARY 12, 2022

Company A (a Greek company) provides music programmes – based on a specific repertoire and intended to function as background music – to retail stores and, more broadly, to commercial or workplaces. The advertising messages are played at a higher volume than the music.

Music 52

Music Copyright Television Related Rights 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 21, 2023

2021-580 of 12 May 2021 (‘transposition Order’) of the French Government implements articles 2(6) and 17 to 23 of the EU Directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (‘CDSM’). Image by Pexels from Pixabay Order no. It remains to be seen how future agreements will be negotiated.

Contracts 56

Contracts Intellectual Property Music Cinema 56

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Article 20 provides for a mechanism to adjust the financial situation if the exploitation of the work ultimately shows that the initial contract is not fair for the author. It is possible to assess the damage suffered by the author under the unfair contract by reference to the practices of the sector (Court of Appeal of Paris, 15 May 1987).

Contracts 96

Contracts Intellectual Property Cinema Copying 96