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BREAKING: First CJEU referral on press publishers’ related right (Italian-style)

The IPKat

After the first DSM Directive-related referral from Belgium on the provisions concerning contracts of authors and performers [IPKat here ] , it is now the turn of Article 15 (the related right for press publishers) as implemented into Italian law.

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Potential Impact on Major Pirate Sites as Vietnam ISPs Face New Responsibilities

TorrentFreak

After spending more than 16 years implementing intellectual property laws introduced in 2005, amendments to intellectual property law in Vietnam came into effect on January 1, 2023. Issued by the government in late April, Decree No.

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IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2023

The IPKat

It is time to vote for your favourite intellectual property law books of 2023 in the annual IPKat Book of the Year Awards! The IPKat team continues to read and review as many brilliant IP books as possible, of which there are many, for the Kat community.

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The WIPO Files I: the quest to protect user rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

For most of its existence, international copyright policy at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has focused on the creation and harmonization of exclusive rights. This led the Committee to embark on a decade-long process of commissioning expert studies relating to L&Es. by Christopher Heath. €

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 3 of 4: Related rights and exceptions and limitations

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Parts 1 and 2 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here and here , and part 4 will be published on the blog shortly. Related rights. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data. by Christopher Heath. €

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How artificial intelligence works in relation to copyright

The IPKat

Not only do many express wonder about how these systems work, but there is even doubt whether such users even have rights to such outputs. Let us briefly examine how these systems work and then consider how intellectual property law relates to them.

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Copyright law and football matches: impossible to match? (Part II)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Having excluded copyright protection, the only question which remained was to establish whether the broadcasts could be protected by related rights of the broadcasters. So, more evolutions are expected, since digital revolutions will continue to shake the world of copyright law. More from our authors: Law of Raw Data.