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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

Related rights. In addition to rights of the author, German copyright law also recognises related rights. An exhaustion of the right of distribution under Section 69c No. Reporting on current events (Section 50 UrhG) and right of quotation (Section 51 UrhG). Exception provisions.

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[Guest post] CJEU: New licensing rules for the provision of guest TVs in Germany?

The IPKat

The dispute and the question referred to the CJEU are mainly based on the fact that the concept of “communication to the public” within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC is divided into several rights in German law, that can all be licensed separately. Kat enjoying TV. FCJ, case no. I ZR 21/14 - Königshof).

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Private Copying Levy for Social Purposes – Draft Changes in Poland and Compatibility with EU Law – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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.

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Private Copying Levy for Social Purposes – Draft Changes in Poland and Compatibility with EU Law – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This type of solution, in which the private copying levy will go to artists whose works are not subject to the Copyright Act and do not involve ” reproduction “, is contrary to the Article 5(2)(b) of Directive 2001/29 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001.

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Does food flavouring constitute a “work”?

LexBlog IP

Compensation presupposes culpability and infringement of IP (or related rights) (i.e., It held that taste cannot be characterised as a “work” under directive 2001/29 (DEC C- 310/2017 in T N P LAW). The Court decided that the taste of food and method of production are not subject to IP protection.

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AG Hogan advises CJEU to rule that private copying exception also applies in the cloud but that an additional private copying levy might be unavailable

The IPKat

Ultimately, the CJEU ruled that, lacking a licence to communicate/make available to the public TV programmes outside of the relevant territory (in that case: Italy), the provider of a cloud-based recording service would be in itself infringing copyright and related rights.

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Germany: Liability of hosting providers under copyright law if they have breached a duty of care – The German BGH ends mere ‘Stoererhaftung’

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The situation was only different, according to the BGH, in the exceptional cases where providers intentionally collaborated with their customers to commit rights infringements. The “ uploaded III ” case also concerned the infringement of rights of communication to the public via the aforementioned file hosting and sharing service.