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The WIPO Files I: the quest to protect user rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

For most of its existence, international copyright policy at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has focused on the creation and harmonization of exclusive rights. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition. by Christopher Heath. €

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Estonian Supreme Court rules on the communication to the public of phonograms by a (non-profit) dance school

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

The court also pointed out that the following circumstances shall also be taken into account in the establishment of reasonable tariffs for remuneration rights: (i) the nature and scope of the use of the work and objects of related rights; and (ii) the economic value of the service provided by the collective management organisation.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 3 of 4: Related rights and exceptions and limitations

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Parts 1 and 2 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here and here , and part 4 will be published on the blog shortly. Related rights. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. by Christopher Heath. €

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Copyright law and football matches: impossible to match? (Part II)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

This post is based on the chapter “Audiovisual Coverage of Sports Events and Copyright Law: Originality in the Details?” Intellectual Property and Sports: Essays in Honour of P. Bernt Hugenholtz, Kluwer Law International, 2021. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition.

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The European Audiovisual Observatory publishes the Mapping report on national remedies against online piracy of sports content

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Regarding the entitlement to the rights, the recording and broadcast of a sports event are protected by related rights, which are respectively granted to producers of audiovisual works for the first fixation of the film and to broadcasting organisations for the transmission of broadcast signals for public reception.

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Broadcasters’ Cable Retransmission Rights: in line (or not) with the EU right of communication to the public?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 12, 2022

However, Member States can provide for such a right in their legislations. Even if Member States remain free to establish cable retransmission rights both for copyright holders and holders of related rights, these rights should be construed through the harmonised conceptual framework of this Directive.

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AI and IP – to legislate or not? UKIPO’s public consultation seeks evidence

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On 29 October 2021, the UK Intellectual Property Office launched a public consultation looking at how the copyright and patent regimes should deal with artificial intelligence. That call concerned patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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The Jungle Bird, El Diablo, and the Zombie or Machine Learning Models, Computer Programs and Copyright put to the test

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

European and international policymakers have raised how artificial intelligence (AI) interacts with intellectual property (IP) law on several occasions. Nonetheless, before any policy and law-making endeavour can be undertaken, a fitness test of the existing IP framework is indispensable. by Christopher Heath. €

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UKIPO’s public consultation on AI and IP – computer-generated works (Part 1)

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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AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

Part II will present our conclusions regarding EU rules on related rights and outline policy recommendations for EU legislators in this field. As noted below, however, it might still benefit from protection under related rights. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. developer or user). by Christopher Heath. €

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Sunday Surprises

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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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 and here to know more. Click here to know more.

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AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 24, 2022

This post is the second instalment of an analysis of a recent report , a part of the reCreating Europe project, on the application of EU copyright and related rights law to outputs generated by or with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, tools or techniques (AI outputs), with a focus on outputs in the musical domain.

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EU copyright law round up – first trimester of 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

UK Intellectual Property Office, UK’s future exhaustion of IPR regime. This report examines the application of EU copyright and related rights law to outputs generated by or with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, tools or techniques (AI outputs), with a focus on outputs in the musical domain.

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Copyright law and football matches: impossible to match? (Part I)

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?” Intellectual Property and Sports: Essays in Honour of P. Bernt Hugenholtz, Kluwer Law International, 2021. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition.

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EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2021

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

This seems to have pushed EU Member States towards compliance – the latest examples here are the Irish European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021 (19 November), the Italian Decree (published on 27 November), and the Estonian Act implementing the Directive (8 December). Stay tuned!

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Is the Spanish implementation of Art. 17 CDSM compatible with EU Law?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

17(4) and thus is shielded by the safe harbour established therein, right holders will not be able to claim damages. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition. According to Art. On the contrary, if the OCSSP meets the conditions laid down in Art.

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Taking freedom of information seriously: the ‘very short extracts’ limitation in Article 15 CDSM Directive and how not to implement it – Part 2

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

Both Article 7b(2)(c) of the Dutch Neighbouring Rights Act and Section 87g(2)(4) of the German Copyright and Related Rights Act very much stick to the wording of Article 15(1) of the CDSM Directive. In Spain, the implementation of the right was analogously broad. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.

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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

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The BGH reasoned that a claim for non-material damages was weakened by the fact that there were doubts as to whether the relevant public in that case even attributed the edited images to the author at all. The BGH assumed that an infringement of the related right of the film producer had occurred. by Christopher Heath. €

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Mandatory collective management of copyright: when the road to deadlock is paved with good intentions

Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Firstly, the mandatory collective management of rights prevents the author, performer, producer and, since the DSM Directive, publisher from individually exercising their exclusive rights under copyright or related rights. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd edition.

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Taking freedom of information seriously: the ‘very short extracts’ limitation in Article 15 CDSM Directive and how not to implement it – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

By now, Article 15 of Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (CDSM Directive) needs no wordy introductions. Put briefly, the provision requires Member States to introduce a related (or neighbouring) right for press publishers, applicable to online uses of their publications.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 1 of 4: Definition of a work, authorship and moral rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In order to bring readers up to date on earlier developments, over the next few days we will be republishing in four parts an article (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law from 2015 to 2019 organised by topic. This first part covers the definition of a work, authorship and moral rights.

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Digital Constitutionalism and Copyright Reform: Securing Access to through Fundamental Rights in the Online World

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The adoption of the Directive on Copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market ( Directive (EU) 790/2019 , CDSM Directive) brought about important changes in the distribution of rights and responsibilities in copyright law. The creation of ‘new’ fundamental rights in not unprecedented.

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The WIPO Files I: the quest to protect user rights

Estonian Supreme Court rules on the communication to the public of phonograms by a (non-profit) dance school

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 3 of 4: Related rights and exceptions and limitations

Copyright law and football matches: impossible to match? (Part II)

The European Audiovisual Observatory publishes the Mapping report on national remedies against online piracy of sports content

Broadcasters’ Cable Retransmission Rights: in line (or not) with the EU right of communication to the public?

AI and IP – to legislate or not? UKIPO’s public consultation seeks evidence

The Jungle Bird, El Diablo, and the Zombie or Machine Learning Models, Computer Programs and Copyright put to the test

UKIPO’s public consultation on AI and IP – computer-generated works (Part 1)

AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part I

Sunday Surprises

Friday Fantasies

AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part II

EU copyright law round up – first trimester of 2022

Copyright law and football matches: impossible to match? (Part I)

EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2021

Is the Spanish implementation of Art. 17 CDSM compatible with EU Law?

Taking freedom of information seriously: the ‘very short extracts’ limitation in Article 15 CDSM Directive and how not to implement it – Part 2

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

Mandatory collective management of copyright: when the road to deadlock is paved with good intentions

Taking freedom of information seriously: the ‘very short extracts’ limitation in Article 15 CDSM Directive and how not to implement it – Part 1

Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 1 of 4: Definition of a work, authorship and moral rights

Digital Constitutionalism and Copyright Reform: Securing Access to through Fundamental Rights in the Online World

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