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Best practices to avoid copyright infringement

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

There’s a significant probability that someone already owns the rights to the content even if you cannot locate an explicit declaration stating that it is intended for public use. It would be preferable to obtain written authorization from the copyright owners before using the original content.

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Federal Circuit Narrows Scope for Copyrighting Software Function

Patently-O

WPL established that an earlier version of the SAS System, “SAS 76,” was in the public domain. WPL demonstrated that the SAS Language should be filtered because it is open and free for public use. SARANG DAMLE from Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC represented Ralph Oman.

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Implementing Article 15 of the CDSMD into the Greek legal order: “creative” or further confirmation of the EU press market’s fragmentation?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Although previously no provisions and/or case law or licensing schemes addressing news aggregation existed in Greece, and despite the fact that the new right granted to press publishers by the EU has attracted severe criticism (see e.g., Reto Hilty, Valentina Moscon et al., 2121/1993 on “Related Rights”, just after Art.