Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Welcome to the fourth and final trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. This becomes quite evident when one looks at the number of institutional policy reports that have been issued in the past three months.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2023

Harmonization With EU Copyright Law Under the EU-Moldova Association Agreement of 2014, Moldova was required to reform copyright law to meet EU standards. Amadassor to Moldova, and the European Union, a closed government discussion on July 27 led to Moldova’s new copyright law being passed by parliament a day later.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 11, 2022

Josh Hawley’s Move to Strip Disney’s Copyrights Called ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’. He claims that it aims to revoke Disney’s “special” copyright protections though the law would rewrite copyright law for all creators. According to Sen.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2025

There have been multiple reports of overblocking, where the anti-piracy system blocked access to Google Drive , Cloudflare , and other legitimate sites and services. These amendments mandate all intermediary providers to report any knowledge of illegal activity, including minor copyright infringements. .

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

1: Top EU Court Rejects Polish Complaint Over Copyright Law. First off today, John Silk at Deutsche Welle reports that the highest court in the European Union, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), has rejected a Polish challenge to the latest EU copyright directive. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

1: Warner Music, Country Star Dwight Yoakam Settle Copyrights Dispute. First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that country music singer Dwight Yoakam has reached a settlement with Warner Music Group (WMG) that puts an end to their copyright termination battle. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

First off today, Winston Cho at The Hollywood Reporter reports that A&E Television Networks has filed a lawsuit against Reels over the latter channel’s new hit series On Patrol: Live. 2: HC Directs Telegram to Disclose Details of Channels Violating Copyright Law. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 19, 2024

According to the broadcaster, it is nonetheless undisputed that Guardaserie offers pirated content, which was backed up by an external report by the company SP Tech. is a responsible intermediary pursuant to Article 156 of the Italian Copyright Law,” the decision reads. And it doesn’t stop there.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 4, 2022

Despite a reported development and marketing budget in excess of $100m, Genshin Impact is free to play but is monetized via gacha game mechanics. This is the type of behavior that has attracted copyright infringement lawsuits in the past but in this case, the makers of Genshin XYZ are using copyright law to prevent piracy of their product.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 5, 2022

When standard approaches failed, a business professor recently turned to copyright law, hoping for a solution. Berkovitz administered a midterm exam and a final exam, which comprised copyrighted material. It has been reported that Prof. Berkovitz, an attorney, used a more creative approach by turning to copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 3, 2022

First off today, Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly Reports that a collection of publishers and authors have secured a default judgement against a piracy service named KISS Library, this one awarding them $7.8 2: SoundExchange Royalties Dispute with Music Choice to be Referred to Copyright Royalty Board. They are free of copyright.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances”. This legal requirement remained largely unenforced for nearly two decades but a series of copyright infringement liability lawsuits, with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, have shaken up the industry.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2025

Earlier this week, various rightsholder groups submitted their recommendations for the 2025 Special 301 Report. copyright protection standards. Various groups stressed the importance of copyright protection when it comes to new AI technologies. .” This annual overview, compiled by the U.S. In the U.S.,

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2022

This and other images were reported in several gaming publications and soon after, DannyINTEL uploaded supposed game footage to YouTube. Copyright Complaint Targets Just One Video. After being uploaded in the preceding days, on April 26 the company filed a complaint at YouTube alleging copyright infringement.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Thomson Reuters argued that Legal Ease’s questions, incorporated by Ross in machine-readable form, essentially copied its creative headnotes. The Court’s analysis reveals a misunderstanding of how technological innovation intersects with copyright law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The total number of countries examined in the report is now 25, excluding only Poland and Bulgaria – the first of which has not yet implemented the Directive and the second of which only implemented it after the work on updating the study had begun. By contrast, the Dutch implementation (as reported by the national expert Prof.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 16, 2024

Some of these sites have been repeatedly reported by FAPAV to AGCOM and blocked by the Authority. Most of the pages mentioned in the petition have already been reported to AGCOM in petition DDA/5427. The same web pages often include directions on how to change DNS or use VPNs to obviate the blocking of some sites by Internet providers.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the first trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this edition, we report on an AG Opinion that came out late in 2022 and update you on what has happened in the first trimester of 2023 in EU copyright law.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

Temporary or incidental storage of work or performance to provide electronic links, access, or integration, where the owner has not expressly prohibited such links, access, or integration, falls under the ambit of fair use of copyright, according to Section 52(1)(c) of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

All this raises a simple question: Did the series copy St Onge’s work? Onge and others who spotted the similarities, someone who worked on the series closely copied or even traced St. And despite copying my video, the episode still contains several errors, like saying the Orlando version has 2 ride systems while showing 4.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As reported last month , several follow-up orders were issued to target yet more domains, gradually expanding the scope. — Copies of the three orders, released last week, are available below. In their view, DNS blocking is proportionate and necessary to prevent piracy. Canal+ didn’t stop at this initial order. me, boxtv60.com,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the third trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this edition, we update you on what has happened between July and September 2023 in EU copyright law. The autumn has started with full speed – the courts and the policy makes have been very active.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 22, 2025

One such legal issues is what is referred to as “fair use,” which becomes particularly problematic in the context of the copyright law. Such databases may include work that is copyrighted. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 provides for the laws related to data privacy and some form of regulation.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Here’s what Felicia writes: Archival Authenticity or Iconic Copies? It also suggests that copying might have some effect on our understanding of what is and is not iconic. copyright law or European copyright law, most of the designs in the “Ciao, Kim” collection might be hard-pressed to be copyrighted.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 26, 2021

This post continues the discussion on Copyright Reform suggested by the Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on IPR, which Adyasha had discussed on the blog here. 52 to allow for such copying only in government-owned institutions. 52 to allow for such copying only in government-owned institutions.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Welcome to the fourth (and last) round up of EU copyright law for 2023! In this edition, we update you on what has happened in the last three months of 2024 in EU copyright law. One highlight from the report is that global collections for creators reached a new historical record of €12.1

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The SCPA legally protects layouts of integrated circuits upon registration, making them illegal to copy without permission. Registration of a mask work with the Copyright Office provides certain legal benefits, including the ability to bring a lawsuit for infringement of the mask work. source code) under copyright law.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 29, 2021

The goal here is to help developers understand what their rights and responsibilities are under the law and to push back against “unwarranted” takedown notices. According to GitHub’s transparency report , In the past month (as of this writing), they have dealt with some 138 DMCA notices and only one counternotice.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As these technologies continue to gain traction, pending lawsuits and legal uncertainty around the globe highlight the need to respect copyright law while leveraging the power of AI. Generative AI systems are strengthened by reliance on high quality, responsibly sourced training materials, including copyrighted works.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2022

In common with other countries attempting to reduce their movie and TV show piracy problem, India has provisions in copyright law that allow rightsholders to limit access to pirate sites. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, Disney Star shares its parent company’s concerns over rampant piracy in India.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

It is a common practice to make copies of deteriorating or far away cultural heritage. As of 2022, it is not even a new idea to use digital methods to copy heritage, considering that the mass digitisation of cultural heritage, especially books, started more than two decades ago. Photo by awsloley via Pixabay.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Last week, Rights Alliance reported on the case of a former student in her late 20s. According to the Danish anti-piracy group, the woman had been selling pirated copies of eBooks on a number of online platforms without obtaining permission from copyright holders. Former Student Tracked Down By Anti-Piracy Group.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 10, 2023

An interesting feature of copyright law is its tendency to lag behind the times while new technology races ahead and exploits its numerous ‘loopholes’ One of the most famous loopholes was ‘exposed’ when streaming overtook BitTorrent to become the delivery method of choice for millions of video-oriented pirates.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

At the end of 2021, YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 (“Report”) was published. It is interesting to look at this Report against the background of the 2019 EU rules for the liability of platforms like YouTube through the famous Art. It is the first ever report by YouTube on copyright actions.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Taiwan made amendments to copyright law that outlawed piracy-configured devices. With Hollywood regularly reporting UnblockTech to the U.S. With Hollywood regularly reporting UnblockTech to the U.S. Somewhat unusually, these operations weren’t mentioned in Hollywood’s reports to the U.S. Government.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2024

It involved the use of copyrighted content to create an alleged ‘parody’ (one that many people would find offensive), the distribution of that content to the public via Twitter, and a defendant claiming immunity under copyright law. When he copied and then rebroadcast the news report, that was copyright infringement.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This review of Exceptions in EU Copyright Law: In Search of a Balance Between Flexibility and Legal Certainty by Tito Rendas, is brought to you by the Rt Hon Sir Richard Arnold, Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. He also considers Article 5(5) and the way in which the CJEU has interpreted these provisions.

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