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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 3 of 4: Related rights and exceptions and limitations

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Related rights. In addition to rights of the author, German copyright law also recognises related rights. If a copy of a computer program is published in the territory of the EU/EEA with the consent of the rightholder, Section 69 No. Special provisions for computer programs (Sections 69a et seqq.

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Copyright Legislation vis-a-vis the Music Industry : A Comparative Study of India and Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

Good artists borrow, Great artists steal ’ , however no matter how beautifully portrayed, might aptly land you a hefty copyright infringement suit in contemporary times. As society is modernizing, so are the trends of music leading to the evolution of the stance of legal rights revolving around music. INTRODUCTION.

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Africa IP Highlights #3: Patents, other IPRs and reforms in IP policy, legislation and administration

The IPKat

Unlike Botswana (see November, below), there is no official copy of the draft policy available online. Thanks to some Katfriends though, this Kat was privileged able to see a copy of the draft policy before the validation exercise. November: Botswana launched its first ever National Intellectual Property Policy (BIPP).

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Specifically, a group called Spice DAO purchased an NFT displaying a copy of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ for $3 million, assuming it would grant them the ability to produce derivative works, such as an animated Dune series.

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The Five Essential Copyright-Related Terms You Need to Know

Kashishipr

When you enforce your copyright, you enforce your copyright-related rights, which fall under Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). When you come across the word ‘copyright,’ what exactly is it that comes to your mind? Or perhaps downloading a pirated movie is Copyright Infringement ?

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Google’s Permanent Deindexing of Pirate Sites Spreads Across Europe

TorrentFreak

As reported in February 2022, notices published on the Lumen Database referenced well over one hundred pirate sites, all of which had been previously blocked for copyright infringement under the orders of the High Court in London. Just weeks after deindexing was confirmed in the Netherlands, a similar pattern emerged in the UK.

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Austrian Supreme Court refers further questions for a preliminary ruling on the InfoSoc Directive

The IPKat

After legal analysis, the referring court indicated that it is inclined to find in favor of the copyright holder on both questions (ie, that the operation of the online video recorder constitutes a communication to the public and thus copyright infringement under the InfoSoc Directive). 2(a) and (e) and Art.