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Access to information and competition concerns enter the sui generis right’s infringement test – The CJEU redefines the database right

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In a nutshell, a specialist search engine engaging in re-use of substantial parts of the database of a job adverts website was accused of violating sui generis database right. The CJEU says that Melons does give “users access, on its own website, to job advertisements contained in [CV-Online Latvia’s] database […].”

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

An agreement was reached in April 2022 between the European Parliament and EU Member States on the Digital Services Act, which was followed by an endorsement by the Parliament’s Internal Market Committee later in June 2022 and (although strictly not in this second trimester) the final text was approved on 5 July.

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The UK government moves forward with a text and data mining exception for all purposes

Kluwer Copyright Blog

While some of these stages, such as the analysis stage, may arguably be covered by the temporary copies exception ( section 28A CDPA ), most of the other stages would typically involve an infringement the right of reproduction absent the permission of rightsholders. All-purpose TDM. The narrower EU exceptions.

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2023

Kluwer Copyright Blog

On the copyright side, it stresses that some of the sources used to research the sector may be subject to copyright and database rights and as such it warns against infringement with an important focus on exceptions.

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2021

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This case relates to the sui generis database right and its application to the activity of search engines. CJEU judgments and AG Opinions. CV-Online Latvia, Court of Justice, Case C ?762/19. On 3 June 2021, the CJEU delivered its judgment in CV-Online Latvia. You can read a comment on the case here.