The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Copyright and Designs Chijioke Okorie outlined the developments in copyright law across the African continent throughout the year as part of the “Africa IP Highlights” series for 2023. The overview covers the case law, legislative reforms, and public debates about current issues in copyright law.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 5, 2021

Under the Copyright Law, certain copyright and related rights are subject to mandatory collective management, meaning that they can be exercised only through a collective management organisation (CMO).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

“ YouTube II ” concerned the infringement of the right of communication to the public as per Article 3 of the Copyright Directive (2001/29) in relation to copyright and related rights in various music tracks.

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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. UK copyright law mandates that an assignment of copyright be ‘in writing signed by or on behalf of the assignor’.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Image via Pexels Eleonora Rosati discussed the recent assessment of originality in copyright law as considered by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in the case THJ v Sheridan [2023] EWCA Civ 1354. The post highlights the reasoning adopted by Arnold LJ considering the post-Brexit implications on the UK copyright law.

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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.

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Garrigues Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The tension between freedom of expression and copyright protection has lately been one of the hottest topics in EU and Portuguese copyright laws. Nobody questions the fact that IP laws need to be enforced on the internet.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2023

Harmonization With EU Copyright Law Under the EU-Moldova Association Agreement of 2014, Moldova was required to reform copyright law to meet EU standards. ” The establishment of “an efficient system” for the collective management of copyright and related rights was also mentioned.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

It is thus clear that TDM does matter - but what should its relationship with copyright and related rights be? It should be noted at the outset that, on the one hand, some commentators hold the view that TDM would not even be covered by copyright law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 12, 2022

The case is an ideal example of the intricacy of the EU copyright law edifice regarding the right of communication to the public, which appears as a patchwork of disperse legislative provisions and case law. However, Member States can provide for such a right in their legislations. et al ( C-716/20 ). 403/08 and C?429/08,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Welcome to the third trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. You can read the previous round-ups here.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Copyright: NFTs are closely related to artworks that are the subject to copyright and related rights protection. Article 9(3) of the Copyright Law stipulates that any party without prior authorization from the copyright holder is prohibited to copy and/or commercially use copyrighted works.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In the interim, at least, related rights, trade secrets, or protection against unfair competition, might provide some helpful alternatives. [A Related rights will only apply to video or audio, and, in any event, they are not universally recognized around the world. 2021/41/N/HS5/02726.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Members of the band Kraftwerk brought an action against these acts of reproduction and distribution, claiming infringement of their copyright and their related rights as performers and phonogram producers of “Metall auf Metall”. In 2019, the CJEU clarified that the exclusive right of the phonogram producer under Art.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As a result these platforms need to prevent uploads containing Public Domain or openly licensed works from being blocked or removed as a result of copyright claims from (alleged) rightholders or face sanctions. More from our authors: Exceptions in EU Copyright Law: In Search of a Balance Between Flexibility and Legal Certainty.

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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.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Welcome to the fourth and final trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. UK Parliament, Copyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, Etc.) Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In August 2022, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation published a study on EU copyright and related rights and access to and reuse of scientific publications, including open access. Current EU copyright framework.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 16, 2021

The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy. The draft law on the rights of professional artists will significantly change how the private copying levy system has been functioning in Poland so far. ↑ 1 [link].

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

The officials dealing with copyright were generalist administrators, and expertise on international copyright laws in academia was sparse […]. ” Interestingly, it turns out that our very own Prashant Reddy seems to have been a trigger for the writing of the book!

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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).

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Act mandated the creation of two Collective Management Organizations, or CMAs, one for representing the interests of the authors and the other to safeguard the interests of related rights owners. The Act further lays down the limitations on copyrights, provides and establishes penalties for infringement.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Welcome to the first trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The Report examines the question: How can and should EU copyright and related rights law protect AI musical outputs?

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Olartemoure Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

According to UNISON Rights, Spain has been experiencing problems in copyright approach and management, as a result of new technologies such as NFTs and AI , which have increased the number of works created in a short period of time.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

This post is based on the chapter “Audiovisual Coverage of Sports Events and Copyright Law: Originality in the Details?” Bernt Hugenholtz, Kluwer Law International, 2021. But, could they be considered as works in the sense of European copyright law? Intellectual Property and Sports: Essays in Honour of P.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

” China’s copyright law protects the expression of ideas instead of ideas themselves, which is similar to U.S. copyright law. .; (8) ” China’s copyright law protects the expression of ideas instead of ideas themselves, which is similar to U.S. copyright law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the second trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, every three months we update you on what has happened in EU copyright law. You can read the previous round-ups here.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 4, 2021

Under the Copyright Law, certain copyright and related rights are subject to mandatory collective management, meaning that they can be exercised only through a collective management organisation (CMO). Introduction. Such remuneration is payable only to CMOs. Legislative background.

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The IPKat

APRIL 29, 2022

WIPO is gearing up for the 42nd session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights and the Africa Group at WIPO has submitted a proposal for a Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es). At the wake of the pandemic, the mode of conducting the SCCR’s sessions changed drastically.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

In fact, until 2017, when the Decree-Law No. 148/2017 was issued, which changed the legal position, a legal monopoly was granted to a public entity (SIAE – Italian Society of Authors and Publishers ) by Article 180 of the Italian Copyright Law (Law No. 633 of 1941). 35/2017, whose Art.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

These include (and may be limited to) Hong Kong ( section 11(3), Copyright Ordinance ), India (section 2(d)(vi), Copyright Act, 1957 ), Ireland ( Art. We will keep the law under review and could amend, replace or remove protection in future if the evidence supports it.”

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LexBlog IP

MAY 4, 2022

According to PM, the specific musical repertoire in question was not represented by any collective management organisation (CMO) in Greece or abroad and, therefore, no copyrights, related rights, performance rights, or any other rights of third parties were owed.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 31, 2022

However, in this aspect, what needs to be duly noted is that staying on top of Copyright Laws , rules, and regulations on a content-rich internet can be challenging. It is because not only the internet but the laws, rules, and regulations are also saturated with exceptions, clauses, and legal jargon.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 12, 2023

Hosting ISPs must develop tools to receive requests for content to be removed or blocked, when that content infringes on copyright and/or related rights. Entities that qualify for ISP status include cloud storage providers, social network providers, and search engines.

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Barry Sookman

JUNE 27, 2021

CJEU interpreting the making available right, MICM (Intellectual property – Copyright and related rights – Judgment… [link] … The post Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2021-06-26 appeared first on Barry Sookman. link] 2021-06-22.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

While some digital topics have been known to cause a great commotion in copyright circles only to later sink practically without a trace, unless I am mistaken, the issue of the copyright implications of AI is different. Similarly, AI output can be deemed a rights-infringing reproduction if the original can be recognised in it.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Welcome to the third trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. On the copyright/trade mark front, a case on the registrability of the marks ‘ ANIMAL FARM ’ and ‘ 1984 ’ is still pending before the EUIPO’s Grand Board of Appeal.

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