Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Article 20 provides for a mechanism to adjust the financial situation if the exploitation of the work ultimately shows that the initial contract is not fair for the author. Remuneration of authors under French copyright law before the 2021 Order. If the exploitation of the work is financially more successful than envisaged, Article L.131-5

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The 42nd session of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) took place from 9 to 13 May 2022 in Geneva. In 2020 and 2021, the Committee held hybrid format sessions of online and in-person participation, with most of the delegations attending remotely.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The Belgian litigation, initiated in July 2021, concerns a dispute between the musicians of the Belgian National Orchestra (ONB) and the ONB itself. The Royal Decree concerning the related rights of artistic staff of the ONB was finally adopted and published in the Belgian Official Journal on 4th June of 2021.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Missed deadline and transposition In the same way as many EU member states, Ireland missed the transposition deadline (7 June 2021). The Irish legislative transposition finally became law on 19 November 2021. The key element to note here is that the Regulations are a type of secondary legislation, known as a Statutory Instrument.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

However, de facto they merely owned proof of ownership without any proprietary value, as all copyright and any related rights were retained and not granted upon purchase. The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority had emphasised this in its April 2021 guidance on advertising cryptocurrencies. Valid Transfer of Rights?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 – A step towards “factfulness” by Jan Bernd Nordemann. At the end of 2021, YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 (“Report”) was published. Garrix had entered into a record production contract with the label at a very young age. Bernt Hugenholtz.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 21, 2023

2021-580 of 12 May 2021 (‘transposition Order’) of the French Government implements articles 2(6) and 17 to 23 of the EU Directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (‘CDSM’). Image by Pexels from Pixabay Order no.

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The IPKat

JULY 4, 2022

In 2019, the EU legislature introduced an EU-wide related right (Article 15 of the DSM Directive , on which see Katposts here ) for EU-based press publishers in relation to online uses of their press publications by information society service providers, including news aggregation services, social media, and search engines.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2021

Examples of the latter are the articles on authors’ and performers’ contracts (Articles 18 to 23). On 5 August 2021 the Italian Council of Ministers, upon proposal from the Prime Minister and the Minister of Culture, adopted the draft Legislative Decree that would transpose the Directive into Italian law. In fairness, not.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2024

The appropriate share should be determined in a company agreement or other collective agreement, and if the parties do not reach a consensus within 6 months from start of negotiations, the case can be referred to the Copyright and Related Rights Commission (CDADV). The offers made and accepted in France are rather inconsistent.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

Public sector bodies are in principle barred from exercising their sui generis rights in information that is subject to the Open data and public sector information directive. The implementation deadline for the revamped directive has just passed (17 July 2021). But the Data governance act would do more.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Concomitantly, the imposition of APCs has created new, and sometimes insurmountable, barriers to publication for researchers that are not affiliated to a contracting institution. [6] 8b Ordinary publishing contracts between authors and publishers on which the “Big Deals” largely rely, however, rarely, if ever, provide for such remuneration.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The SPR of EU-based researchers should apply even when the publishing contract designates the law of a non-EU country as applicable law. Available from: [link] ; [accessed on 09/10/2024] [3] Caso, Roberto & Dore, Giulia, Academic copyright, open access and the “moral” second publication right (2021).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Part I of this post discussed the changes to copyright contract law and the new text and data mining exemption provisions that formed part of the 2021 copyright law reform. Part 2 explores further exemptions for users of works, new aspects of the right of communication to the public and the press publishers’ right.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Aimed at ensuring remuneration for publishers when their publications are reused online by news aggregators, Article 15 grants press publishers the right of reproduction and the right of making available for online uses of their press publications by information society service providers. Article 43bis l.aut. 43bis (9)).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

Recognising the challenges for performers in the position and enforcement of their rights, the book also includes discussion on other forms of protections and remedies for performers, such as moral rights, contracts, passing off and copyright infringement.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Aimed at ensuring remuneration for publishers when their publications are reused online by news aggregators, Article 15 grants press publishers the right of reproduction and the right of making available for online uses of their press publications by information society service providers. Article 43bis l.aut. 43bis (9)).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This first part covers the definition of a work, authorship and moral rights. Parts 2 to 4 will address exploitation rights, related rights, exceptions and limitations, copyright contract law and enforcement. Germany has always had an extensive judicial practice in copyright law.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

18 to 23, which govern fair remuneration in exploitation contracts of authors and performers. Background The Belgian National Orchestra (ONB) and its musicians have been embroiled in a legal dispute since July 2021. This shall be without prejudice to any acts concluded and rights acquired before 7 June 2021.

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The IPKat

MARCH 7, 2025

18-23 of the Directive concerning fair remuneration in exploitation contracts of authors and performers. Background The legal dispute between the Belgian National Orchestra (ONB) and its musicians began in 2021, after five years of unsuccessful negotiations for a collective agreement on musicians remuneration.

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