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The EU AI Act has been published

The IPKat

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. While the AI Act is not IP-specific legislation, it will have a substantial impact on it, notably copyright and trade secrets.

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Sites With >100 Links to Pirated Content Will Be Banned From Search Engines

TorrentFreak

The latter is part of a voluntary anti-piracy memorandum signed by some of the country’s largest content and tech companies back in 2018. The country blocks pirate sites, sometimes permanently, and has a rightsholder-driven mechanism to automatically remove links to allegedly-infringing content from search engines.

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Book review: Performers' Rights

The IPKat

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.

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ALLEA Statement in Support of Secondary Publication Rights for Scholarly Articles

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The detailed licence terms are available at [link] [1] See ALLEA statements, “ ALLEA response to Plan S ” (2018), “Ethical Aspects of Open Access: A Windy Road” (2018), and “ ALLEA Statement on Open Access Publication under “Big Deals” and the New Copyright Rules ” (2022). [2]

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AI and copyright in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

21, Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 ), New Zealand ( section 5(2)(a), Copyright Act 1994 ), South Africa (section 2(h), Copyright Act 1978 ) and the UK ( Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 9(3) ). We will keep the law under review and could amend, replace or remove protection in future if the evidence supports it.”

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Copyright, AI Training, and LLMs: Historical Perspective and Infringement Analysis

Velocity of Content

See Daniel Gervais, Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights Ch. 2018), [link]. See supra Part IV [ read full article here ]. See supra note 56, at 231-56 [ read full article here ]. See supra Part IV [ read full article here ]. before the Subcomm. Intellectual Prop. and Internet Comm. on the Judiciary , U.S.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The BGH stated in 2018 that when interpreting (contractual) cease and desist agreements in cases of doubt cease and desist obligation must be interpreted as meaning that its effect has the same scope as the statutory claim for injunctive relief. The BGH assumed that an infringement of the related right of the film producer had occurred.