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‘Copying into Copyright Law’: Ireland’s minimalist transposition of Directive 2019/790

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The most modern instalment of this long history comes in the form of another kind ‘copy’, less richly decorated, yet more relevant and politically sensitive for a country that has established a long-term foreign investment “partnership” with the tech and communication industry: the transposition of Directive 2019/790 into Irish law.

Copying 101
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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. This personal intellectual creation is lacking if the photographs in question are “mere reproductions of other photographs” in which an original has been merely reproduced (copied) as closely as possible.

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Establishment and operation of CMOs in Greece

LexBlog IP

Further, according to article 8(2) of Law 4481/2017, a CMO may exist under the form of a public limited company (SA), but all of its shares must be mandatorily registered. Legal forms of CMOs. In practice, most CMOs in Greece have chosen the form of limited liability civil cooperatives. to be organised on a non-profit basis.

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When must public performances of musical works be reported to CMOs?

LexBlog IP

The introduction of Law 4481/2017 into the Greek legislation aimed to regulate the collective management of IP and relative rights, thus amending the EU Collective Rights Management Directive. (1) What is the reporting obligation? This article was originally edited by, and first published on, www.lexology.com.

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Does food flavouring constitute a “work”?

LexBlog IP

In 2017, he met the first defendant, a high-ranking executive in an international food-industry company. Copies of emails between the parties provided to the Court proved that opinions had been exchanged before the composition of the products was finalised. Applicable legal provisions The relevant law in this case was Law 2121/1993.

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Court clarifies process for CMO equitable remuneration

LexBlog IP

It does this by recognising performers’ and producers’ exclusive and absolute right, in some cases, (and in other cases a simple relative right to ask for an equitable remuneration) to allow or prohibit certain uses of their contributions. Law 4481/2017 Article 6 of Law 4481/2017 states: 1.

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EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2021

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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).