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Greek collecting societies are not entitled to collect equitable remuneration for artists and producers not represented by them by contract or mandate

LexBlog IP

GEA is the Common Collecting Society of GRAMMO (Collecting Society of Music Producers), ERATO (collecting Society of Performers), and APOLLON (Collecting Society of Musicians). The direct licensing of in-store music was not covered by the agreement. Introduction.

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Case study: “copyright-free” in-store music and collective management

LexBlog IP

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.

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Book review: Performers' Rights

The IPKat

Recognising the challenges for performers in the position and enforcement of their rights, the book also includes discussion on other forms of protections and remedies for performers, such as moral rights, contracts, passing off and copyright infringement.

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Delhi High Court clears the air around Copyright of Satyajit Ray’s ‘Nayak’

SpicyIP

The plaintiff asserted that the copyright in the film, as well as all indirect, derivative and related rights associated with the film, are vested in the plaintiff and sought a decree for permanent injunction restraining the defendant from publishing and distributing the novel.

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Court clarifies process for CMO equitable remuneration

LexBlog IP

This entailed negotiating and collecting judicially and extrajudicially the reasonable and uniform remuneration as stipulated in article 49 (public performance of material carriers of music). The claimant also had the presumption of legalisation for all national and foreign beneficiaries and for all their works.

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CDSM: French transposition Order annulled to the extent that it does not provide for ‘appropriate’ remuneration for authors

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Article 18 of the CDSM provides that where authors license or transfer their exclusive rights for the exploitation of their works, they are ‘ entitled to receive appropriate and proportionate remuneration ’. and certain specific rules. Interestingly, in the present case, the applicants’ lawyer pleaded before the Conseil d’Etat that ‘0.5%

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‘Copying into Copyright Law’: Ireland’s minimalist transposition of Directive 2019/790

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The relevant act, seeking to bring Ireland in line with the Directive, is the Statutory Instrument 567/2021 ‘European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021’ (hereinafter ‘ the Regulations’ ). The Irish legislative transposition finally became law on 19 November 2021. Section 53A).

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