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The Beijing Treaty: A step forward in the protection of related rights in audiovisual performances

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In the midst of the economic and social paralysis arising from the COVID 19 pandemic, the tireless discipline of law has prevailed as always, if anything with increased activity. It was a historic milestone in the area of rights related to copyright. Audiovisual globalisation. by Tito Rendas. € by Martin Senftleben. €

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The EU AI Act has been published

The IPKat

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

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

Most significantly, “the development of blockchain technology” has been accepted as a legal business activity by the Indonesian standard industrial business categorization code, which was published in 2020. 5 of 2020, dated November 16, 2020, regarding ESP in the Private Sector, as amended by MOCI Regulation No.

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The Polish Ministry of Culture has announced draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy (also known as the blank media tax or levy). In Part I of this set of posts, I describe draft changes to the Polish copyright law on the collection and division of the private copying levy.

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[Guest Post] WIPO’s African Group hits the ground running with a Work Program on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions

The IPKat

WIPO is gearing up for the 42nd session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights and the Africa Group at WIPO has submitted a proposal for a Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es). At the wake of the pandemic, the mode of conducting the SCCR’s sessions changed drastically.

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AI Music Outputs: Challenges to the Copyright Legal Framework – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The creation and development of copyright law are closely connected to technological and associated business transformations (see, e.g. here ). Yet, the very same automation poses challenges for the application of copyright law, increasing legal uncertainty, as demonstrated in this report vis-à-vis AI music outputs.

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The next chapter in the “Metall auf Metall” saga – Pastiche to be clarified by the CJEU

Kluwer Copyright Blog

When the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) issued its fourth ruling in the “Metall auf Metall” copyright sampling case in April 2020, it seemed that the dispute would finally reach the top of the hill (see here ). In 2019, the CJEU clarified that the exclusive right of the phonogram producer under Art. 5 InfoSoc Directive.

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