Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

As we enter a new year, we would like to take this opportunity to pass on our best wishes for 2023 to all of our readers, as well as reflect on developments in copyright over the past year. YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 – A step towards “factfulness” by Jan Bernd Nordemann. Since then, courts in the U.S.

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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. Current EU copyright framework. In this post, its author provides a brief outline.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 11, 2022

Last week, Kenya's government agency in charge of copyright matters, Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) published an advisory via its Twitter handle. This post reviews KECOBO’s advisory in the light of Kenya’s copyright law and policy. This is so for several reasons but this post highlights two.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

After a three-month introductory period, the new rules will start being enforced early October, including measures that govern advertising on the internet. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The first 2 posts covered copyright and trade marks. In September , the Nigerian Government collaborated with WIPO to hold a national workshop for the validation of the Draft National Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy (draft IP Policy). Many have expressed mixed feelings on what was proposed vs what was adopted.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Under German law, there are no special rules governing liability in cases of intellectual property rights infringements. The situation was only different, according to the BGH, in the exceptional cases where providers intentionally collaborated with their customers to commit rights infringements.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 3, 2023

In advance of Geshev being detained, the government had promised to “show no mercy” when targeting pirate site operators. The CJEU found that ISPs in Member States can be ordered to block access to The Pirate Bay, even though the site itself stores no infringing content.

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IIPRD

JUNE 24, 2024

As states attempt to protect and capitalize on the fruits of human ingenuity, deciphering the complex web of international treaties and accords governing intellectual property rights have become critical. The “WIPO Copyright Treaty” incorporates the “exclusive rights of authorizing the reproduction”. [9]

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

However, the ensuing craze and notoriety generated by many high-value NFT transactions has revealed a slew of unanswered legal copyright questions and issues. 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.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Determined to reduce overall piracy, the UK government first asked and then threatened Google over pirate sites appearing in its search results. The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (RTCL) is an independent body, a regulator of broadcasters and video platforms, and the entity responsible for online copyright protection.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

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. There is some controversy as to how the right of communication to the public as mentioned in Art. Image of conolan on Pixabay.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Within days, stock image supplier Getty Images announced that it was one of the “folks” who disagreed – and disagreed so strongly that it had commenced legal proceedings in the High Court in London alleging copyright infringement. This litigation has arisen amongst a flurry of recent interest in AI generated works.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 20, 2021

In its long-awaited Opinion on an action brought by Poland to annul certain parts of Article 17 of the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (CDSM Directive), Advocate General (AG) Saugmandsgaard Øe demarcates the borders of permitted filtering of users’ uploads.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Indeed, the Spanish transposition of the CDSM Directive , which was approved overnight by means of a Government Decree published on the 3 rd of November and which entered into force the following day, came with some surprises, including an apparent carve out from the liability exemption granted in Art. 17(4) of the CDSMD.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 6, 2022

With its ruling in Poland v Commission ( C-401/19 ) on 26 April 2022 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) dismissed an action to annul Article 17 of Directive (EU) 790/2019 on copyright and related Rights in the Digital Single Market (CDSM Directive). C-18/18, Glawischnig-Piesczek v Facebook Ireland ).

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