Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Much has been said about the press publishers’ right, introduced by Article 15 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM). An important but relatively neglected flaw is its silence on the features of the licensing mechanism that Member States may and shall adopt for the management of the press publishers’ right.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Much has been said about the press publishers’ right, introduced by Article 15 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM). An important but relatively neglected flaw is its silence on the features of the licensing mechanism that Member States may and shall adopt for the management of the press publishers’ right.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

Its massive use brings legal consequences for classic IP rights and offers real challenges in particular to trade marks, copyright and related rights and patents. FIDE - The Metaverse As A Challenge To Classical IP - 29 June 2022 - Online The Metaverse steadily developed, and its role became even more central to the business.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

This was to be done by imposing as few conditions as possible, using standardized licenses wherever possible, making information technically open (open formats, electronic delivery, etc.) So effectively, the 2013 directive already curtailed public sector bodies’ copyright and sui generis rights in data.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) has for many years supported the move away from proprietary models of scientific publishing towards Open Access (OA). [1] As a recent study demonstrates, commercial publishers currently derive more than two billion USD annually from APCs.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2021

Such discretion ranges from the very option to do something in the first place to shaping the actual content of rights and rules. An example of the former is the possibility, under Article 12, to provide for collective licensing with an extended effect.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

2121/1993 on “Copyright, Related Rights and Cultural Matters” ), as well as L. 4481/2017, on “Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights” ( ΦΕΚ Α’ 100/20.7.2017 ). As it introduces a new related/neighbouring right for press publishers (PPR), the provision has been placed in Section VII of L.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

With the adoption of both the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Union has moved away from the notice-and-takedown model for copyright enforcement and content moderation. Click here and here to know more. Click here to know more.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

However, that purchaser is entitled to carry out such a decompilation only to the extent necessary to effect that correction and in compliance, where appropriate, with the conditions laid down in the contract with the program’s rightsholder. Stay tuned as a comment on the judgment is coming soon in the blog. CDSM Directive implementation.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

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. Part 2 explores further exemptions for users of works, new aspects of the right of communication to the public and the press publishers’ right.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Some consider that the Government was influenced by the French union of book publishers Syndicat National de l’Edition – SNE when it decided to leave out the term ‘appropriate’ when transposing the principle of ‘ appropriate and proportionate remuneration ’ of articles 18 and 20 of the CDSM. The implementation of the CDSM into French law.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The claimant had duly published a fee schedule for businesses who may have wished to use the musical works (such as cafes, restaurants, coffee shops, refreshment rooms, fast-food restaurants, coffee-patisseries, internet cafes, etc).

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 28, 2023

Damages in cases of copyright infringement Article 65(2) of the Copyright Law provides as follows: A person who by intent or negligence infringes copyright or a related right of another person shall be liable for compensation of damages and for restitution of moral damages. Endnotes (1) Decision No. 2916/2022. (2) 2) L 2121/93. (3)

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2022

In order to carry out this activity, company A signed contracts with certain suppliers from which it acquired all of the copyrights and related rights regarding the specific musical repertoire. It may therefore be concluded that such right is not assigned to a CMO.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

This included the highly controversial Articles 15 and 17 on, respectively, the new press publishers’ right (PPR) and the new copyright liability scheme for “online content-sharing services providers” (OCSSPs). The post is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Article 15 CDSMD: the new press publishers’ right (PPR).

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