Kluwer Copyright Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
We have recently published a white paper , authored by Julia Reda ( Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte ) and Paul Keller ( Open Future ) that proposes to build a public repository of Public Domain and openly licensed works. by Tito Rendas. € by Martin Senftleben. €
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 19, 2023
Caveat Emptor The common notion that acquiring ownership of an NFT representing a work in which copyright subsists equates to owning the copyright to the underlying work is clearly false. For instance, CrypToadz is a prominent CC0 NFT project wherein the artwork related to the NFT is in the public domain.
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The IPKat
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Not a copyright dispute … and the non-role of Article 14 of the DSM Directive In sum: the CHC provides a way to control for-profit reproductions of Italian cultural heritage, irrespective of their copyright status (it is in any case worth recalling that under Italian copyright law moral rights protection is … perpetual).
Kluwer Copyright Blog
APRIL 18, 2024
There is a significant push at this week’s meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights to approve a Diplomatic Conference on a Broadcasting Organizations Treaty that is not strictly limited to combating unlawful interception of traditional broadcast signals.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Photographs are included in Article 2(1) of the Berne Convention as copyrightable artistic works. All Berne Union Member States must thus provide copyright protection to photographic works. In fact, Section 72 UrhG basically extends to Lichtbilder the same protection provided to Lichtbildwerke under Section 2(1) UrhG.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
APRIL 22, 2022
The creation and development of copyright law are closely connected to technological and associated business transformations (see, e.g. here ). Yet, the very same automation poses challenges for the application of copyright law, increasing legal uncertainty, as demonstrated in this report vis-à-vis AI music outputs.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2021
Additionally, all proprietary and open source software licensing rely on copyright protection. The license is not triggered in most open licenses if applied to subject matter not protected by copyright (or related rights). Thus, most cases would remain in the public domain under impossible authorship claim articulation.
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