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The German LAION decision: A problematic understanding of the scope of the TDM copyright exceptions and the transition from TDM to AI training

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IPKat-approved Laion A few days ago, the District Court of Hamburg delivered what appears to be the first judgment in Europe on the construction and application of the national transpositions of the text and data mining (TDM) exceptions found in Arts. By this provision, Germany had transposed Art. 3 or 4 of the DSM Directive).

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Art. 17 DSM Directive: International Application in EU cross-border scenarios – Or: Why the EU needs a faithful implementation into national law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Article 17 Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (“DSM Directive”) is currently being implemented into national law in the EU Member States. This has caused extensive debates on the national level comparable to the debate that took place when Art. 17 DSM Directive and Art.

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Access to information and competition concerns enter the sui generis right’s infringement test – The CJEU redefines the database right

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In a nutshell, a specialist search engine engaging in re-use of substantial parts of the database of a job adverts website was accused of violating sui generis database right. Therefore, the CJEU concludes that these acts fall under art. 33, AG Opinion).

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[Book Review] 25 things you should know about artificial intelligence, art and copyright

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This Kat is happy to review “ 25 things you should know about artificial intelligence, art and copyright ” by Pablo Fernández Carballo-Calero (Aranzadi, 2023, 160 p.). Part I, “Artificial Intelligence, Art and Copyright”, offers its readers a general overview of how AI affects cultural and creative sectors.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat the past 2 weeks!

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COPYRIGHT Katfriend Moritz Sutterer posted on a new competition tool that the German Competition Authority recently tried out against Google in relation to press publishers' neighbouring right.

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Please share nicely — From Database directive to Data (governance) acts

Kluwer Copyright Blog

For public sector bodies — producers and holders of vast quantities of data — as well as for the companies that act as suppliers, the sui generis database right has been slowly eroded since 2003. because there is no public access regime that applies, or because third parties own intellectual property rights.

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Opinion of the European Copyright Society on selected aspects of the proposed Data Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The aim of the Data Act’s sui generis clause (art. 35) to reduce the availability of IP rights over some datasets is welcome. The European Copyright Society posted an opinion on selected aspects of the proposed Data Act. However, its drafting is flawed and risks creating even more fragmentation in the laws of Member States.