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[Guest post] Lithuania transposes the DSM Directive

The IPKat

Then, instead of buying licenses to use press publications, online services providers might just decide to suspend their news aggregation services or use strictly just 125-digits extracts. The new law implements Article 17 of the DSM Directive mostly in a copy-and-paste fashion. Any agreements saying otherwise are null and void.

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Make no mistake about it – software functionalities cannot be protected 

Garrigues Blog

The IPL makes no reference to this, but article 8 of Directive 2009/24/EC on the legal protection of computer programs expressly establishes that any contractual provisions that are contrary to users’ right to browse shall be considered null and void. The right to “browse” and the invalidity of contractual clauses that seek to prevent it.

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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 ’. The principle of appropriate and proportionate remuneration of articles 18 and 20 of the CDSM. and certain specific rules.

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Will California Clone-and-Revise Some Terrible Ideas from Florida/Texas’ Social Media Censorship Laws? (Analysis of CA AB587)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

.” I don’t know that any service can take advantage of this exclusion because every traditional publisher publishes content from freelancers and other non-employees, so the “exclusively hosts” requirement creates a null set. See some cases discussing that issue. ” Ha ha. . ” The Law’s Requirements.