Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Although frequently misconstrued, this technology represents an exceptional advancement that can yield enormous revenue streams for both creators and consumers by altering the digital representation of real-world assets. 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 3, 2023

Image via Pexels Research Grant – University of Udine The University of Udine has just launched an opportunity for a research grant on the topic: Italian copyright law after the EU Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market, and its effects on cultural heritage.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

In India, for example, Internet for general users arrived only in August 1995; […] email was a novelty confined to technology buffs and even such buffs knew little about the fledgling digital technologies.

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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

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

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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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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The IPKat

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Kat friend Jakub Wyczik provides an enlightening discussion of how AI and the law, especially copyright, intersect, with particular attention to the technical operation of AI. Images generated using text-to-image technology, including DALL-E 2 , Midjourney , and Stable Diffussion , have become a main topic in AI.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Presently, a new reference from the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) asks the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for vital interpretive guidance concerning the parody exception within copyright law. This approach, initially applied to cultural politics by Dentith, can be similarly adopted within copyright law.

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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

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

JANUARY 9, 2023

Prominent tech founders and venture capitalists (VCs) argued about the meaning and implications of web3, a vague concept hinting at a possible utopian vision of a decentralized internet and the new opportunities that might be created around emerging technologies such as blockchain. Copyright law and football matches: impossible to match?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Part I of this post discussed the changes to copyright contract law and the new text and data mining exemption provisions that formed part of the 2021 copyright law reform. Part 2 explores further exemptions for users of works, new aspects of the right of communication to the public and the press publishers’ right.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 28, 2024

Furthermore, the AI Law Proposal introduces some dedicated provisions on copyright and media-related matters, which are the focus of this post. AI Law Proposal and provisions relevant for copyright In Article 24 of the AI Law Proposal, amendments are proposed to Article 1 of the Italian Copyright Law ( Law 22 April 1941, n.

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The IPKat

APRIL 8, 2023

by Deborah De Angelis On March 16th , Meta (the American information technology company which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) removed the music catalogue of SIAE, the Italian copyright collecting society, from its services due to the parties’ inability to reach an agreement to renew the pre-existing licence. 17 (4), a).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Generative AI also showed its power in creating clear, sustained text in a variety of formats and styles with the launch of ChatGPT in November, generating daily interest in the news, debates over bans in schools , universities , scientific conferences and websites and speculation that the technology could be baked into Microsoft Office.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

6-7 April 2023: “From the DMCA to the DSA: A Transatlantic Dialogue on Online Platform Liability and Copyright Law” The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will hold its 27th annual symposium, on 6 and 7 April 2023, at the International House, UC Berkeley. Click here to know more.

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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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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 16, 2024

One of the hurdles faced by AI developers that using synthetic data may help overcome arises under the EU Copyright Directive (the “Copyright Directive”). [1] 1] Directive (EU) 2019/790 of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market, OJ 130/92, pp.

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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2023

Meanwhile, the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee is currently conducting an inquiry into the impact of AI on several sectors including the creative industries. The use of AI technology to generate images or music and other creative works, has legal implications for copyright and related rights of creators and rightsholders.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Moreover, to the extent that any ancillary copyright protections would lack traditional copyright limitations and exceptions, they would raise significant policy and Constitutional concerns… Any change to U.S.

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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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The IPKat

MAY 22, 2022

The Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University is proud and delighted to announce its new, in-person event to be held in English at Stockholm University on Thursday, June 2, 2022, on the topic: 'The DSM Directive 3 years on: The Polish challenge to Article 17 and the national transposition maze'.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

As opposed to Article 15 CDSMD, Article 17 CDSMD does not introduce a new related right to EU copyright law. Instead, it expands the protections already afforded by copyright and related rights law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

Amongst the many examples in which fundamental rights have demonstrated their value and their essential function, recent reforms in European copyright law have underlined their importance for the European legal order. They have informed important debates and will certainly continue to do so in the coming years.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

Article 17 Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (“DSM Directive”) is currently being implemented into national law in the EU Member States. There is some controversy as to how the right of communication to the public as mentioned in Art. Image of conolan on Pixabay.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

While ALLEA applauds the introduction of these new rights, we believe that, with the accelerated pace of scientific output and the need to adequately respond to today’s societal challenges, embargo periods are unnecessary impediments to the timely dissemination of publicly funded research. Recommendations. 8] (a) Art. 9] (a) Art.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

Marques - CELEBRATING MARKS: How sustainability and technology will shape the future of brands - 20 to 23 September 2022 - Madrid, Spain The 2022 MARQUES Annual Conference will be held in Madrid from 20 to 23 September 2022. The website of the event contains information about the programme and registration.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

For example, if we ask the Stable Diffusion generator for a “cat wearing a suit” it generates images of dapper cats at the press of a button: As an aside, as it has been discussed previously on the IPKat , there is some uncertainty whether these image outputs are protected under copyright law and, if protected, who owns the relevant copyright.

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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.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 20, 2021

In its long-awaited Opinion on an action brought by Poland to annul certain parts of Article 17 of the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (CDSM Directive), Advocate General (AG) Saugmandsgaard Øe demarcates the borders of permitted filtering of users’ uploads.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2021

The proposed Italian press publishers’ right One of most visible examples of the above is the proposed Italian transposition of Article 15 (the press publishers’ right. The Italian Copyright Act, in fact, already provided that the publisher of a collective work, as is a newspaper, enjoys the right to exploit such work.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

Running from 29 October 2021 to 7 January 2022, the “ Artificial Intelligence and IP: copyright and patents ” consultation formed the latest round in an ongoing national conversation between the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and interested stakeholders (see here ). A third alternative: the related rights approach.

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The IPKat

JULY 15, 2021

This said, the Directive is technologically agnostic, as it does not refer to any specific filtering technology. Such acknowledgement, continued the AG, would reflect CJEU case law itself. Automatic content recognition (ACR) tools are based on different techniques, inter alia including hashing, watermarking and fingerprinting.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Those versed in the intersection between IP rights and technology know that computer programs protection has always caused inevitable frictions IP law. Additionally, all proprietary and open source software licensing rely on copyright protection.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 15, 2022

We are pleased to bring you a guest post by Mili Baxi, on the development of a publisher’s right in digital media. Mili is a graduate of Institute of Law, Nirma University, currently completing her LLM at LSE. The EU took the Intellectual Property route by introducing a related right under its copy right law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

According to the Resolution, the development of the digital environment and of new technologies has made it easier, especially during the Covid pandemic, for all fans to access sports events broadcasts on all kinds of devices, increasing potential exposure to illegal content and enlarging the number of people who can access such broadcasts.

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