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[Guest post] UFC-Que Choisir v. Valve: Game over for a second-hand dematerialized video game market in France

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest post by Katfriends Jean-Sébastien Mariez and Laura Godfrin (both Momentum Avocats), discussing a very recent ruling of the French Supreme Court regarding second-hand markets for digital goods. Here is what they write: UFC-Que Choisir v. What happened?

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Book review: Copyright in the Digital Single Market

The IPKat

But, for those who are yet to pick up a copy, here is what is in store: The EU legislature adopted Directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM) in 2019. It was against this background that the proposal for a Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market was made in 2016.

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LimeWire to Return to Sell NFTs

Plagiarism Today

Initially released in May 2000, Limewire was a peer-to-peer file sharing service that found a great deal of success and infamy following the closure of Napster in July 2001. Even as the NFT market has grown to billions of dollars, public perception remains very low. Since then, not much has been done with the name LimeWire.

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A plea for EU copyright unification coming from … the EUIPO?

The IPKat

A short history of copyright harmonization in the EU Since the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957, the process of European integration has been linked to the creation of an internal market, where a number of basic freedoms – including freedom of movement of goods and services – would be guaranteed.

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Another referral to the CJEU concerning communication to the public in hotel rooms (case C-723/22)

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3(1) Directive 2001/29/EC as transposed into the German Copyright Act. § The German broadcaster namely explained that it was a common practice on the German market and that numerous German hotels (including, as we remember, the defendant in Citadines case) concluded such agreements. Hence, they do not perform cable retransmission.

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Comment of the European Copyright Society Addressing Selected Aspects of the Implementation of Articles 3 to 7 of Directive (EU) 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Almost 3 years after the adoption of the Digital Single Market ( Directive (EU) 2019/790 ) (CDSM Directive), its transposition by the Member States (MS) has proved to be a significant challenge. Source: European Copyright Society. MS should be vigilant that the public interest and the harmonizing goal sought by Article 5 is duly satisfied.

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Legal tender in El Salvador: First the U.S. dollar, and now Bitcoin

The IPKat

Bitcoin is established as legal tender, adding it to the United States dollar, which was adopted in 2001 (the Salvadoran Colón is a legal tender in El Salvador, pursuant to the Monetary Integration Law, but in practice it is not in current use). The exchange rate will be set by the market. All prices can be established in Bitcoin.