The IPKat

MAY 19, 2022

Last month, Katfriends Desmond Oriakhogba and Dick Kawooya provided a highlight of the key portions of the Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es) proposed by the Africa Group to WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (WIPO-SCCR). The 42nd session of the WIPO SCCR was held from 9 to 13 May 2022.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 2, 2023

D Bansal, alleged that the novelization of the screenplay and the publication of the novel is in violation of the plaintiff’s copyright as per Section 51 of the Copyright Act. The First Owner of the Copyright of a Screenplay in a Film – the Author or the Producer?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The objective was to assess the national implementations of the two articles for compliance with the internal market objective of the CDSMD and with the EU’s law of fundamental rights. The study was commissioned by Copyright 4 Creativity , but written in complete academic independence.

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The IPKat

JULY 12, 2024

While the AI Act is not IP-specific legislation, it will have a substantial impact on it, notably copyright and trade secrets. It covers a wide range of areas, from health and safety to CE marking and copyright. IP-related impact Recitals 104 to 109 and Article 53 have a direct impact on copyright.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The 42nd session of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) took place from 9 to 13 May 2022 in Geneva. The first of this series of blog posts on copyright reform at WIPO analyzes the history of the discussions on L&Es. Image by Ag Ku via Pixabay.

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The IPKat

APRIL 29, 2022

WIPO is gearing up for the 42nd session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights and the Africa Group at WIPO has submitted a proposal for a Work Program on Limitations and Exceptions (L&Es). At the wake of the pandemic, the mode of conducting the SCCR’s sessions changed drastically.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

Dr VRR Ayyar’s book, “Present at Creation: The Making of Internet Treaties (1996)”, published in 2021. The officials dealing with copyright were generalist administrators, and expertise on international copyright laws in academia was sparse […].

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The new copyright rules relevant to “Big Deals”. Under the law of copyright, the authors of works of science are the copyright owners of their published articles. Under the law of copyright, the authors of works of science are the copyright owners of their published articles.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq. German copyright law stipulates that the author is entitled to appropriate remuneration for every use of their work (Section 32 UrhG). Claims under copyright law. Protection of technical measures (Section 95a UrhG).

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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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The IPKat

MARCH 13, 2023

This is a review of the third edition of International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights: The Berne Convention and Beyond , by Sam Ricketson (Emeritus Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne) and Jane Ginsburg (Morton L. Analysis of the beginnings of a movement in favour of broader protection of resale royalty rights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

If adopted in this form, such a provision would significantly strengthen the position of creators and rights holders to prevent or license the use of their works for the purpose of training generative AI models as foreseen in the CDSM Directive. Copyright Office on August 30. Opting out – but how?

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The IPKat

APRIL 8, 2023

by Deborah De Angelis On March 16th , Meta (the American information technology company which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) removed the music catalogue of SIAE, the Italian copyright collecting society, from its services due to the parties’ inability to reach an agreement to renew the pre-existing licence. 17 (4), a). 4 (5) D.Lgs.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 16, 2024

Pursuant to our Copyright Policy, we cooperate with all requests to take down content that are used without permission from the rights-holder,” it explains. “During BREIN’s research, each of the ‘worlds’ had between a thousand and four thousand users present at the same time.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 24, 2022

This post is the second instalment of an analysis of a recent report , a part of the reCreating Europe project, on the application of EU copyright and related rights law to outputs generated by or with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, tools or techniques (AI outputs), with a focus on outputs in the musical domain.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

While the idea of creating repositories of Public Domain and openly licensed works is not new as such, we are proposing to use Article 17 of the EU copyright directive as leverage to create such a repository. More from our authors: Exceptions in EU Copyright Law: In Search of a Balance Between Flexibility and Legal Certainty.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2022

From a copyright perspective, surely that image is a ‘work’, but could it be also regarded as original enough to warrant protection under that IP right (without considering related rights in accordance with Article 6 of the Term Directive )?

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 13, 2024

Like many other sites of this kind, it was frequently abused by pirates to share copyrighted content. Rightsholders Paint a Pirate Picture Instead, the court went along with evidence presented by rightsholders, including a report compiled by a representative from the Association for the Fight against Audiovisual Piracy ( ALPA ).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The first 2 posts covered copyright and trade marks. No draft Bill has been seen (yet)… In September, South Africa’s National Assembly passed the Copyright Amendment Bill and sent it to the National Council of Provinces for its concurrence. This post is about patents, other IPRs and reforms in IP policy, legislation and administration.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

The creation and development of copyright law are closely connected to technological and associated business transformations (see, e.g. here ). Yet, the very same automation poses challenges for the application of copyright law, increasing legal uncertainty, as demonstrated in this report vis-à-vis AI music outputs.

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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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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Following the creation of its Hadopi anti-piracy agency over 13 years ago, France monitored and stored data on millions of users suspected of infringing copyrights. AG Szpunar finds otherwise, noting that there doesn’t even appear to be general surveillance of the users present in peer-to-peer networks.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 16, 2022

As reported in February 2022, notices published on the Lumen Database referenced well over one hundred pirate sites, all of which had been previously blocked for copyright infringement under the orders of the High Court in London. In this case, however, presenting court orders isn’t an issue.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Welcome to the third trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! In this series we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The AG suggests that the private copyright exception applies in the cloud, but a separate levy may not be payable. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In 2019, the EU’s Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive (CDSMD) was adopted. This included the highly controversial Articles 15 and 17 on, respectively, the new press publishers’ right (PPR) and the new copyright liability scheme for OCSSPs (“online content-sharing services providers”).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

If question 1 is answered in the negative: Is the concept of ‘communication to the public’ to be interpreted as meaning that separate permission from the holder of the rights, including in respect of high definition content, is required, although the same works are already made available in poorer standard definition quality via free TV?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 28, 2024

Furthermore, the AI Law Proposal introduces some dedicated provisions on copyright and media-related matters, which are the focus of this post. AI Law Proposal and provisions relevant for copyright In Article 24 of the AI Law Proposal, amendments are proposed to Article 1 of the Italian Copyright Law ( Law 22 April 1941, n.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Copyright Anastasiia Kyrylenko discussed the recent interpretation of Article 4 of Directive 2004/48/EC by the CJEU in relation to possibility for collective management organisations to bring, in their own name, actions for copyright infringement on behalf of the right holders.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 31, 2022

In the present digital era, where we are so connected than ever, and the amount of online content produced has never been higher – the responsibility of safeguarding content has never been more crucial. Intellectual Property & Intellectual Property Rights. Or perhaps downloading a pirated movie is Copyright Infringement ?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Yet the Croatian legislator caters to the printed press thrice in its ‘new and better version’ of the Croatian Copyright Act (CCA). Works of authorship are protected through economic and moral rights afforded to the copyright holder. Nevertheless, a more precise characterisation is that this is a new related right.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The Congress is aimed at discussing six main topics and their relation to the Metaverse: the European Digital Acts, the Legal Status of Avatars and Digital Identity, Privacy and Personal Data Protection, Content and Conduct Moderation, Virtual Worlds as Markets and Cybersecurity. The deadline is set on the 20 December 2023.

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The IPKat

MARCH 18, 2023

As someone who has also authored a practical guide ( Copyright in the Music Industry ) that is aimed at a novice audience, this Kat must stress the intended audience of the book and, as such, the lack of references and appendices of legal texts. The second part focuses on protecting products through patents and industrial design.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Sessions include contributed papers, keynote presentations, and policy-focused panel discussions. It will feature approximately 10 paper presentations. They foster an interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge. This year's conference will be held from 14 to 16 September. Applications are open until 16 September 2022.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

This action is based on assertions that the domains were violating its Serie A football broadcasting rights. “Considering that the company SmartOne IPTV, although having, through the reported FQDNs, enabled access to illegal content present on third-party servers, does not originate said content through its own servers.”

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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. For more information on the collective management of copyright and neighbouring rights in Greece, click here.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Remuneration of authors under French copyright law before the 2021 Order. There are two possible forms of remuneration under French copyright law: royalties based on the revenues deriving from the exploitation of the work, and, as an exception to this rule, fixed royalties in the form of a lump sum. and certain specific rules.

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The IPKat

JULY 15, 2021

Interference with freedom of expression/information The AG considered that freedom of expression/information (but also freedom of the arts in some cases) “is undeniably relevant in the present case” and that Article 17 does interfere with it. Such interference is attributable to EU legislature.

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