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Copyright in the Bitcoin File Format: a question of content over structure

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Summary In the case of Wright & Ors v BTC Core & Ors [2023] EWHC 222 the High Court was faced with a technical copyright question about whether literary copyright can subsist in the file format used for the Bitcoin System (the “ Bitcoin File Format ”). 3(2) Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the “ Act ”).

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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

The IPKat

The scope of TDM exceptions: extraction and reproduction Like the corresponding EU provisions, the German sections considered by the court are exceptions to specified restricted acts under copyright and other rights: Like Art. In turn, the copying of even a seemingly simple picture may trigger the right of reproduction. (2)

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2023

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the second trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, every three months we update you on what has happened in EU copyright law. According to the AG, it follows from Article 297 TFEU that EU law is, in principle, not capable of benefiting from copyright protection.

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The consultation document restates the fundamental right to intellectual property as the fundamental principle of ‘protection of the intellectual creations of individuals in the online space’ but is otherwise silent on IP. Stage I: to the Open data directive. 1(6) Open data directive).

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Welcome to the second trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. This is perhaps one of the most awaited judgemnts in the history of EU copyright law. European Commission, Staff Working Document on the Portability Regulation.