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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Caveat Emptor The common notion that acquiring ownership of an NFT representing a work in which copyright subsists equates to owning the copyright to the underlying work is clearly false. Assignment The copyright owner may transfer the entirety of the copyright in the work to the purchaser by assignment.

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The EU DSM Copyright Directive: Implementation in Germany 2021 – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Part I of this post discussed the changes to copyright contract law and the new text and data mining exemption provisions that formed part of the 2021 copyright law reform. It also addresses changes to the German Collecting Societies Act (VGG) and copyright liability of online content sharing service providers.