TorrentFreak
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
When cassette recorders, VCRs and similar devices hit the mainstream, entertainment companies with business models reliant on customers buying copies faced uncertainty. Private Copying Levy Valenti’s statement in 1982 reached a broad audience but its essence wasn’t new.
Plagiarism Today
MAY 17, 2022
This came at a time that copyright infringing NFTs were so rampant that some marketplaces decided to halt sales and the largest NFT marketplace, OpenSea, admitted that “Over 80%” of the NFTs minted for free were either fake, plagiarized or otherwise legally dubious. Bottom Line.
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Kluwer Copyright Blog
MAY 30, 2024
However, copyright protection may unexpectedly clash with this sustainable practice, as certain upcycled items could include copyrighted prints, ornaments, or design patterns from the original materials, such as new clothing items made out of old bed sheets, curtains, or tablecloths , or jewellery made from broken porcelain.
The IPKat
AUGUST 8, 2022
Many readers will already be familiar with this title, since it won our IPKat book of the year award 2021 for best copyright book! But, for those who are yet to pick up a copy, here is what is in store: The EU legislature adopted Directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM) in 2019.
TorrentFreak
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Earlier this month, several prominent copyright holder groups sent their annual “notorious markets” recommendations to the U.S. Government uses these documents as input for its yearly review of notorious piracy markets, which aims to provide an overview of threats to various copyright industries.
TorrentFreak
MAY 17, 2022
Long before the advent of legitimate online video streaming services, torrent sites and similar platforms allowed users to download and keep copies of movies and TV shows. Aside from living up to the significant functional claims in its marketing, the big questions revolve around legality. Copyright Law and DRM.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
In Case C-426/21 , the CJEU looked into the complicated relationship between copyright law and online television services. The focus of the case is twofold: the scope of application of the private copy exception, on the one hand, and that of the right of communication to the public, on the other.
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