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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

3(2) Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the “ Act ”). The underlying claim concerned the alleged infringement of database rights and copyright in various aspects of the Bitcoin System. In other words, the Bitcoin File Format did not meet the requirement for “fixation” in s.3(2)

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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). Stage II: The Data Governance Act.

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2023

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The document is available on the institution’s internal system. On the copyright side, it stresses that some of the sources used to research the sector may be subject to copyright and database rights and as such it warns against infringement with an important focus on exceptions.

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

European Commission, Staff Working Document on the Portability Regulation. 9(3) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 , in view of the early stages of the current developents on AI-generated creative output, the government has decided to make no changes to this provision. Read more here.