TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2025

Sfr and Sfr Fibre questioned whether the requested measures were proportionate and “strictly necessary” Site Previously Assessed by Judicial Commissioner Blocking orders of this type can only be authorized by the judicial authority, after infringement of copyright or related rights has been established.

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Publishing Plagiarism Related Rights Copying 109

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2023

” The establishment of “an efficient system” for the collective management of copyright and related rights was also mentioned. With a smooth transition under the new law rendered impossible right from the start, AGEPI’s latest move appears to have turned artists’ rights into a dumpster fire.

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Copyright Law Music Law Copyright 138

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Related rights. In addition to rights of the author, German copyright law also recognises related rights.

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Related Rights Law Copyright Copying 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Belgium and Croatia , like France and Hungary before them, offer no explicit protection for the holders of related rights over subject matter incorporated in press publications. The Czech Republic and Croatia provide no protection from the press publishers’ right for works or other subject matter for which protection has expired.

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Reporting Related Rights Publishing Copyright 133

The IPKat

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Royal Decree concerning the related rights of artistic staff of the ONB was finally adopted and published in the Belgian Official Journal on 4th June of 2021. This is because ONB musicians have the status of “agents statuaires”, a figure close to civil servants, and their rights shall be primarily governed by a statute.

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Related Rights Art Journalism Government 130

Plagiarism Today

JULY 26, 2022

Finally today, Chhun Sunly at the Khmer Times reports that, in the nation of Cambodia, the government is encouraging authors to report issues of copyright infringement to the local police, not the Department of Copyright and Related Rights (DCRR).

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Settlement Copyright Infringement Reporting Copyright 246

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Phan Thanh Cong and Nguyen Tuan Anh will be prosecuted for infringement of copyright and related rights under Clause 2, Section 225, Penal Code 2015. The Investigation Police Agency at Hanoi City Police says it has issued a decision to prosecute the case.

Copying 114

Copying Related Rights Copyright Reporting 114

The IPKat

JANUARY 29, 2025

For those of you still finishing up their IP book pile, The IPKat team is extending the deadline to vote for your favourite IP books of 2024 until 10 February 2025.

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Social Media Intellectual Property Related Rights Publishing 57

The IPKat

JULY 4, 2022

In 2019, the EU legislature introduced an EU-wide related right (Article 15 of the DSM Directive , on which see Katposts here ) for EU-based press publishers in relation to online uses of their press publications by information society service providers, including news aggregation services, social media, and search engines.

Publishing 124

Publishing Copyright Related Rights Social Media 124

The IPKat

JULY 12, 2024

Text and data mining techniques may be used extensively in this context for the retrieval and analysis of such content, which may be protected by copyright and related rights. The development and training of such models require access to vast amounts of text, images, videos and other data.

Publishing 125

Publishing Related Rights Copyright Marketing 125

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. This led the Committee to embark on a decade-long process of commissioning expert studies relating to L&Es.

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Intellectual Property Related Rights Intellectual Property Law Copyright 145

The IPKat

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Conformity with Directive 2001/2 and Directive 2006/115 The AG first reminded that, in light of international treaties and the EU acquis, performers’ rights are exclusive rights and not remuneration rights.

Law 108

Law Contracts Art Government 108

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2024

“BREIN’s goal is the same: to take the domain offline because copyright and related rights are being violated on a large scale. These complaints are handled under the separate notice and takedown procedure. That wasn’t the case here, but the aim is the same. ” “Both roads lead to Rome.

Reporting 105

Reporting Registration Copyright Related Rights 105

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

It is thus clear that TDM does matter - but what should its relationship with copyright and related rights be? Recital 8 acknowledges, on the one hand, the value and potential of TDM but, on the other hand, notes the restrictions that copyright and related rights pose to the doing of TDM activities without a licence.

Government 141

Government Related Rights Copyright Law 141

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

It will be co-organised by the Croatian and Hungarian national groups, and will be dedicated to the ownership and transfer of copyright and related rights. For further details and to register, click here (available soon).

Intellectual Property Law 62

Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Related Rights Ownership 62

The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

Topics include the evolution of the performers’ rights in the UK, through to all key aspects of the rights, such as subsistence, duration, ownership, licensing, remuneration, infringement, and exceptions. There is also a chapter on performers’ rights around the world, covering international treaties and specific countries.

Moral Rights 128

Moral Rights Contracts Editing Related Rights 128

TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Video sharing sites, media platforms and other services registered in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Media” cannot be included in Ukraine’s national advertising blacklist.

Advertising 124

Advertising Advertising Law Intellectual Property 124

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Whether the government has taken any steps to address concerns raised by creative writers and artists in their lawsuits against AI-powered Large Language Models, especially regarding issues such as the source of training, systematic theft, violation of moral rights, threat to livelihoods, and royalty payment.

Moral Rights 113

Moral Rights Copyright Infringement Related Rights Government 113

The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Last August, the ARIPO members adopted the Kampala Protocol on voluntary registration of copyright and related rights. The Protocol establishes a regional voluntary registration of copyright and related rights.

Related Rights 67

Related Rights Intellectual Property Registration Copyright 67

The IPKat

DECEMBER 1, 2023

As always, readers can vote for books in five categories: Patents, Copyright (including related rights and performers’ rights), Trade Marks (including Geographical Indications), Designs and Intellectual Property (any book that covers more than one type of IP).

Social Media 120

Social Media Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Law Related Rights 120

TorrentFreak

JULY 16, 2024

Trio on Trial The men faced trial at the People’s Court of Quang Binh province starting July 11, with local media confirming charges of “Infringement of copyright and related rights” under Article 225 of the Penal Code.

Advertising 145

Advertising Advertising Reporting Editing 145

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

According to AGCOM, DAZN’s evidence was supported by a declaration that the reported domain names are “unequivocally intended for the violation of copyright or related rights of audiovisual works,” including sporting events broadcast live.

Reporting 124

Reporting IP Law Related Rights 124

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.

Copyright 145

Copyright Related Rights Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property 145

TorrentFreak

MARCH 28, 2024

“Despite the challenges of a full-scale war, we are making every effort to protect copyright and related rights on the Internet for Ukrainian and foreign intellectual property rights holders,” says Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Economy.

Intellectual Property 131

Intellectual Property Related Rights Copyright Advertising 131

JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The exemption is contained in EU Directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market Directive. A court in Hamburg, Germany, has decided a copyright infringement case in a way that sheds light on how European courts may apply the text and data mining (TDM) exemption to AI model developers.

Related Rights 66

Related Rights Copyright Infringement Marketing Marketing 66

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.

Music 59

Music Copyright Related Rights Ownership 59

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 13, 2021

“It is understood that these resources are public and controlled by legal entities, which in case of violation of copyright or related rights may act as defendants in court,” the proposals read. Examples include government sites, online media sources, social networks and legitimate video platforms.

Related Rights 145

Related Rights Copying Copyright Government 145

LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Also, article 18(3) of Law 4481/2017 states as follows: Management fees of the collective management organisation shall not exceed the justified and documented costs in managing copyright and related rights. Management fees should not exceed, on average, 20% of the gross rights revenue of the collective management organisation.

Related Rights 98

Related Rights Law Licensing Copyright 98

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.

Intellectual Property Law 140

Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Copyright Infringement Copyright 140

The IPKat

APRIL 8, 2023

Other Italian and foreign copyright and related rights collecting societies have also claimed that their music catalogues were taken down illegitimately and have requested Meta to restore their music on the relevant services. SIAE claims that Meta did not negotiate transparently. It could test the applicability of Art. 17 (4), a).

Music 129

Music Art Copyright Related Rights 129

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

Having excluded copyright protection, the only question which remained was to establish whether the broadcasts could be protected by related rights of the broadcasters.

Copyright Law 124

Copyright Law Copyright Law Graphic Design 124

TorrentFreak

APRIL 22, 2024

The defendant has violated the provisions of the law which protect the copyright and related rights of the Motion Picture Association’s members and the English Premier League,” Judge Le Hai Yen said.

Branding 122

Branding Brands Branding Related Rights 122

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 28, 2025

This blogpost is part of a series marking the publication of the fourth edition of the book Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights , edited by Daniel Gervais and Joo Pedro Quintais. They do not commercially exploit works directly.

Copyright 40

Copyright Editing Licensing Related Rights 40

TorrentFreak

JUNE 27, 2022

. “After all, such technological measures currently exist and […] are capable of detecting repeatedly unauthorized storage and access to files containing works or objects of copyright-related rights,” the judges write. “The search for this term was censored by a decision of the court.”

Copyright 145

Copyright Related Rights Music Business 145

SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

How India developed its negotiating stance and played the negotiating game would be of interest to students, experts and practitioners of multilateral negotiations as well as of intellectual property in general, and copyright and related rights in particular.”

Intellectual Property 145

Intellectual Property Publishing Copyright Technology 145

TorrentFreak

MAY 8, 2022

b) the services of the ISP are used by a third party to infringe copyright or related rights in the territory of that Party.

Intellectual Property 145

Intellectual Property Government Copyright Related Rights 145

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 15, 2021

Legal arrangements concerning a system of fees compensating creators, holders of related rights and their successors for permitted personal uses based on the provisions of Article 5(2)(b) of Directive 2001/29 have functioned unchanged in Polish law since 1994.

Copying 59

Copying Law Related Rights Copyright Law 59