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European Copyright Society (ECS): Comment on Copyright and the Digital Services Act Proposal

Kluwer Copyright Blog

To achieve these aims, the DSA sets out numerous due diligence obligations of intermediaries concerning any type of illegal information, including copyright infringing content. Copyright law accounts for most content removals from online platforms and search engine result lists, by an order of magnitude. by Christopher Heath. €

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A vanishing right? The Sui Generis Database Right and the proposed Data Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Last week the European Commission published its proposal for a Data Act. The decision to exclude data generated by the use of connected products and related services — everything ranging from industrial equipment to personal virtual assistants — is supported by a 230 page study that was published alongside the Data Act.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. This does require a violation of a due diligence obligation, however.