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BREAKING: First CJEU referral on press publishers’ related right (Italian-style)

The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2023

After the first DSM Directive-related referral from Belgium on the provisions concerning contracts of authors and performers [IPKat here ] , it is now the turn of Article 15 (the related right for press publishers) as implemented into Italian law.

Book review: Performers' Rights

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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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

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. Copyright that is transferred upon selling an NFT may explicitly be outlined in the self-executing smart contract governing the sale.

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Report on a roundtable on academic publishing and genAI deals – GenAI and copyright series at the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

There is a shared interest in ensuring that AI companies have legal routes to license content in the quantity required by this revolutionary technology. Old contracts many of the contracts that were signed by authors and academics pre-date the LLM/genAI era. They vary in wording and sometimes include broad terms.

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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

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq. As far as material damages in the form of an appropriate licence fee are concerned, the BGH confirmed, in a 2018 decision , that the starting point is the fictitious conclusion of a licensing agreement.

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A summary look at the Portuguese transposition of the CDSM Directive

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

In addition to significantly changing the Portuguese Copyright Code , the Decree-Law also affects Law 26/2015 on collective management organizations and Decree-Law 122/2000 on databases, and creates a new dispute resolution mechanism called “specialized institutionalized arbitration and mediation in matters of copyright and related rights”.

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France Mulls Instant IPTV Blocks, €750K Fines & New Piracy Crime of ‘Incitement’

TorrentFreak

MARCH 24, 2025

The dispute still isn’t settled, but after DAZN reportedly paid an estimated 70 million in licensing fees owed for February alone, one aspect of the current crisis was at least kicked a little further down the road. It has been unable to secure a long-term broadcasting contract to guarantee its financial stability.

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UK Government axes plans to broaden existing text and data mining exception

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

It is thus clear that TDM does matter - but what should its relationship with copyright and related rights be? On the other hand, the debate around TDM has not developed in a context devoid of licensing practices, at least in Europe.

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Greek collecting societies are not entitled to collect equitable remuneration for artists and producers not represented by them by contract or mandate

LexBlog IP

MAY 4, 2022

It was formed following a state license, in order to collect, among other things, the equitable remuneration provided by article 49 of Law 2121/93 in favour of producers, performers, and musicians for the public performance of legitimately released sound carriers. The direct licensing of in-store music was not covered by the agreement.

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Belgian Constitutional Court refers 13 questions on DSM Directive to the CJEU

The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

15 of DSM Directive introduced a related right for press publishers to control the online uses of their press publications by information society service providers (ISSPs). They also claimed that this new system goes against the traditional set-up of licensing practices in Europe and will lead to market fragmentation.

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Towards the national transpositions of the DSM Directive: various techniques to. do as you please

The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2021

Such discretion ranges from the very option to do something in the first place to shaping the actual content of rights and rules. An example of the former is the possibility, under Article 12, to provide for collective licensing with an extended effect. Are national legislatures entirely to blame for this? In fairness, not.

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Study on Copyright and Scientific Publications: Encouraging Access and Re-use

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In August 2022, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation published a study on EU copyright and related rights and access to and reuse of scientific publications, including open access. This could cause problems in cases when the publishing contract is governed by non-EU law. Recommendations.

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ALLEA Statement on Open Access Publication under “Big Deals” and the New Copyright Rules

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] In current practice, authors are expected to assign or exclusively license their copyright to publishers. Scientometrics (2022): [link]. [3] 8] (a) Art.

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CDSM: French transposition Order annulled to the extent that it does not provide for ‘appropriate’ remuneration for authors

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Article 18 of the CDSM provides that where authors license or transfer their exclusive rights for the exploitation of their works, they are ‘ entitled to receive appropriate and proportionate remuneration ’. If the exploitation of the work is financially more successful than envisaged, Article L.131-5

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Austrian Supreme Court refers further questions for a preliminary ruling on the InfoSoc Directive

The IPKat

AUGUST 1, 2021

The second case ( 4 Ob 44/21f – in German) relates to an online streaming platform aimed at émigrés from the territory of former Yugoslavia. The defendant operated the platform based on license agreements with TV channel operators. Is "communication to the public" in Art. 2(a) and (e) and Art.

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Delhi High Court clears the air around Copyright of Satyajit Ray’s ‘Nayak’

SpicyIP

JUNE 2, 2023

The plaintiff asserted that the copyright in the film, as well as all indirect, derivative and related rights associated with the film, are vested in the plaintiff and sought a decree for permanent injunction restraining the defendant from publishing and distributing the novel.

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Friday Fantasies

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

With the adoption of both the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Union has moved away from the notice-and-takedown model for copyright enforcement and content moderation. Click here and here to know more. Click here to know more.

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Why the implementation of the Italian press publishers’ right might not be compatible with EU Law

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. To date, the decree has yet to be drafted.

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‘Copying into Copyright Law’: Ireland’s minimalist transposition of Directive 2019/790

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

The relevant act, seeking to bring Ireland in line with the Directive, is the Statutory Instrument 567/2021 ‘European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021’ (hereinafter ‘ the Regulations’ ). The Irish legislative transposition finally became law on 19 November 2021. Section 53A).

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Whither a Signal-Based Broadcast Treaty?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. that allows a contracting party to limit the rights of a broadcasting organization from another contracting party when that contracting party provides fewer rights. Copyright: WIPO.

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EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2021

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

However, that purchaser is entitled to carry out such a decompilation only to the extent necessary to effect that correction and in compliance, where appropriate, with the conditions laid down in the contract with the program’s rightsholder. UK Parliament, Copyright (Rights and Remuneration of Musicians, Etc.)

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Why the implementation of the Italian press publisher rights might not be compatible with EU Law

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. To date, the decree has yet to be drafted.

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The EU DSM Copyright Directive: Implementation in Germany 2021 – Part II

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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AI and IP – to legislate or not? UKIPO’s public consultation seeks evidence

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

That call concerned patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets. Responses from the earlier call for views have raised the need to improve licensing mechanisms for TDM purposes. Option 3: adopt an exception for any use, with a possibility for rightholders to contract out.

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Key 2023 update: EU Directive implemented in Greek copyright law

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

It has several aims, including the following: To facilitate copyright and related rights licensing in protected works and other subject matters in certain television transmissions and radio programs. To introduce a mechanism of extended copyright licensing.

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Implementing Article 15 of the CDSMD into the Greek legal order: “creative” or further confirmation of the EU press market’s fragmentation?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

2121/1993 on “Copyright, Related Rights and Cultural Matters” ), as well as L. 4481/2017, on “Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights” ( ΦΕΚ Α’ 100/20.7.2017 ). As it introduces a new related/neighbouring right for press publishers (PPR), the provision has been placed in Section VII of L.

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Court clarifies process for CMO equitable remuneration

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It does this by recognising performers’ and producers’ exclusive and absolute right, in some cases, (and in other cases a simple relative right to ask for an equitable remuneration) to allow or prohibit certain uses of their contributions. Further, article 22 of Law 4481/2017, stipulates that: 1.

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ALLEA Statement in Support of Secondary Publication Rights for Scholarly Articles

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. Binding nature The SPR should apply regardless of the copyright ownership of the publication, or of any contractual restriction in the publishing agreement.

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The journalists’ share

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 11, 2024

The press sector strongly supports this position, with the argument usually phrased as media organisations, not individual journalists, benefitting from licensing. The most intuitive proposition is that for providers of generative AI, big tech, to remunerate creators whose works are used to train algorithms.

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Case study: “copyright-free” in-store music and collective management

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2022

In order to carry out this activity, company A signed contracts with certain suppliers from which it acquired all of the copyrights and related rights regarding the specific musical repertoire. It may therefore be concluded that such right is not assigned to a CMO.

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Comparative Report on the National Implementations of Articles 15 & 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

However, attention is necessary: the PPR is a related right and its subject matter does not need to qualify as (a part of) a “work”. In other cases, problems arise from broader national definitions of the relevant rights compared to the equivalent EU terms. Licensing the PPR. Targeted users.

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Athens court rules on moral damages in software infringement case

LexBlog IP

JUNE 28, 2023

Damages in cases of copyright infringement Article 65(2) of the Copyright Law provides as follows: A person who by intent or negligence infringes copyright or a related right of another person shall be liable for compensation of damages and for restitution of moral damages.

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 18, 2021

This was to be done by imposing as few conditions as possible, using standardized licenses wherever possible, making information technically open (open formats, electronic delivery, etc.) So effectively, the 2013 directive already curtailed public sector bodies’ copyright and sui generis rights in data.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

Its massive use brings legal consequences for classic IP rights and offers real challenges in particular to trade marks, copyright and related rights and patents. FIDE - The Metaverse As A Challenge To Classical IP - 29 June 2022 - Online The Metaverse steadily developed, and its role became even more central to the business.

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AG Szpunar suggests that statutory assignment of performers’ rights against performers’ will is contrary to EU law (C-575/23)

The IPKat

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

18 to 23, which govern fair remuneration in exploitation contracts of authors and performers. Conformity with Directive 2001/2 and Directive 2006/115 The AG first reminded that, in light of international treaties and the EU acquis, performers’ rights are exclusive rights and not remuneration rights. Applicability of Arts.

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C-575/23: statutory assignment of rights without prior consent is against EU law

The IPKat

MARCH 7, 2025

18-23 of the Directive concerning fair remuneration in exploitation contracts of authors and performers. 18 to 23 Directive 2019/790, the AG opined that they are applicable to statutory agents and to acts of exploitation (such as performances) occurred after June 7, 2021, even if they are governed by a contract concluded prior to that date.

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The long and bumpy road to copyright for the digital market – the implementation of the CDSM in Poland – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 17, 2025

The new copyright law, the amended Polish Copyright and Related Rights Act of 1994, entered into force in the early autumn of 2024. The implementing law amended three acts: the Copyright and Related Rights Act, the law on the protection of databases, and the act on collective management.

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BREAKING: First CJEU referral on press publishers’ related right (Italian-style)

Book review: Performers' Rights

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Report on a roundtable on academic publishing and genAI deals – GenAI and copyright series at the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law

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

A summary look at the Portuguese transposition of the CDSM Directive

France Mulls Instant IPTV Blocks, €750K Fines & New Piracy Crime of ‘Incitement’

UK Government axes plans to broaden existing text and data mining exception

Greek collecting societies are not entitled to collect equitable remuneration for artists and producers not represented by them by contract or mandate

Belgian Constitutional Court refers 13 questions on DSM Directive to the CJEU

Towards the national transpositions of the DSM Directive: various techniques to. do as you please

Study on Copyright and Scientific Publications: Encouraging Access and Re-use

ALLEA Statement on Open Access Publication under “Big Deals” and the New Copyright Rules

CDSM: French transposition Order annulled to the extent that it does not provide for ‘appropriate’ remuneration for authors

Austrian Supreme Court refers further questions for a preliminary ruling on the InfoSoc Directive

Delhi High Court clears the air around Copyright of Satyajit Ray’s ‘Nayak’

Friday Fantasies

Why the implementation of the Italian press publishers’ right might not be compatible with EU Law

‘Copying into Copyright Law’: Ireland’s minimalist transposition of Directive 2019/790

Whither a Signal-Based Broadcast Treaty?

EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2021

Why the implementation of the Italian press publisher rights might not be compatible with EU Law

The EU DSM Copyright Directive: Implementation in Germany 2021 – Part II

AI and IP – to legislate or not? UKIPO’s public consultation seeks evidence

Key 2023 update: EU Directive implemented in Greek copyright law

Implementing Article 15 of the CDSMD into the Greek legal order: “creative” or further confirmation of the EU press market’s fragmentation?

Court clarifies process for CMO equitable remuneration

ALLEA Statement in Support of Secondary Publication Rights for Scholarly Articles

The journalists’ share

Case study: “copyright-free” in-store music and collective management

Comparative Report on the National Implementations of Articles 15 & 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market – Part 1

Athens court rules on moral damages in software infringement case

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

Sunday Surprises

AG Szpunar suggests that statutory assignment of performers’ rights against performers’ will is contrary to EU law (C-575/23)

C-575/23: statutory assignment of rights without prior consent is against EU law

The long and bumpy road to copyright for the digital market – the implementation of the CDSM in Poland – Part I

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