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Navigating User Lawfulness in European Copyright Law: From Lawful Use to Lawful Access

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image created by AI The concept of lawfulness in relation to user status or user acts has been gradually established in EU digital copyright law as a condition for the enjoyment of certain copyright exceptions. Indeed, this approach disregards the previous case law of the CJEU in the lawful source cases.

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Book review: Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship

The IPKat

this Kat was delighted to review Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship by Dr Luke McDonagh (Assistant Professor of Law at LSE Law School). This is the first academic monograph that solely considers the relationship between UK copyright law and historical and contemporary theatre.

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Navigating Book Copyright: Key Insights for Business Owners

Intepat

In today’s world, copyright laws are essential for protecting creative works like books. For business owners, publishers, and sellers, understanding copyright can prevent legal issues and ensure fair use of content. Copyright grants the author or creator exclusive rights to use, distribute, and sell their work.

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‘Meta Torrented over 81 TB of Data Through Anna’s Archive, Despite Few Seeders’

TorrentFreak

Last weekend, shadow library Anna’s Archive argued that, for AI companies, access to ‘pirated’ books may be a matter of national security. “Meta downloaded millions of pirated books from LibGen through the bit torrent protocol using a platform called LibTorrent. copyright law.

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Amazon Owns Your E-Books and Wants More

SpicyIP

Arnav is a 3rd Year Law student from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. He’s interested in Narratives and the Law, along with supporting local independent bookstores. Virginia Woolf, How Should One Read a Book?, Kindle users will still be able to download and transfer purchased books via Wi-Fi.

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Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive: Archiving Access to Information or Strengthening Copyright Laws?

SpicyIP

Discussing the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Hachette Book Group v. She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Several users could borrow a scanned book at once. Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP.

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What Winnie-the-Pooh Lapsing into the Public Domain Really Means

Plagiarism Today

Disney acquired the rights to the book and its characters in 1961 and, since then, has released a steady stream of movies, TV shows and products featuring the book’s cast of characters. What this means is that the Milne’s original Winnie-the-Pooh book is now free of copyright. What Actually Happened.