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A Proposal to leverage Article 17 to build a public repository of Public Domain and openly licensed works

Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

We have recently published a white paper , authored by Julia Reda ( Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte ) and Paul Keller ( Open Future ) that proposes to build a public repository of Public Domain and openly licensed works.

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

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. For instance, CrypToadz is a prominent CC0 NFT project wherein the artwork related to the NFT is in the public domain.

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[Guest post] SIAE vs Meta: no more Italian music available on Facebook and Instagram?

The IPKat

APRIL 8, 2023

The IPKat has received and is happy to host this guest contribution by Deborah De Angelis (Studio Legale DDA) on the highly publicized halted licensing negotiations between Italian collecting society SIAE and Meta regarding the availability of the music repertoire administered by the former on the latter’s services. 17 (4), a).

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Guest Post: Press Publishers’ Rights In Indian News Media Digital Space

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MARCH 15, 2022

This blog examines how press publishers have claimed rights over their content on digital media platforms like Facebook, Google News, which give a preview of two-three lines along with a hyperlink to the press publication. The EU took the Intellectual Property route by introducing a related right under its copy right law.

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Whither a Signal-Based Broadcast Treaty?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. No amendment offered in public session. of the draft allows a contracting Party to limit the rights of a broadcasting organization from another contracting party, when that contracting party provides fewer rights.

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The Jungle Bird, El Diablo, and the Zombie or Machine Learning Models, Computer Programs and Copyright put to the test

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Additionally, all proprietary and open source software licensing rely on copyright protection. The license is not triggered in most open licenses if applied to subject matter not protected by copyright (or related rights). Assessing ML models as independent works does not bring much better results.

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AI and IP – to legislate or not? UKIPO’s public consultation seeks evidence

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This is not the first time the UKIPO has engaged with a public call for views on the topic of AI and IP. That call concerned patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets. Responses from the earlier call for views have raised the need to improve licensing mechanisms for TDM purposes.

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Implementing Article 15 of the CDSMD into the Greek legal order: “creative” or further confirmation of the EU press market’s fragmentation?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

2121/1993 on “Copyright, Related Rights and Cultural Matters” ), as well as L. 4481/2017, on “Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights” ( ΦΕΚ Α’ 100/20.7.2017 ). As it introduces a new related/neighbouring right for press publishers (PPR), the provision has been placed in Section VII of L.

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Comparative Report on the National Implementations of Articles 15 & 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

However, attention is necessary: the PPR is a related right and its subject matter does not need to qualify as (a part of) a “work”. Instead, in Member States that do not explicitly implement the exclusion, it ought to be read into the national transposition to ensure a fair balance of fundamental rights. . Licensing the PPR.

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Taking freedom of information seriously: the ‘very short extracts’ limitation in Article 15 CDSM Directive and how not to implement it – Part 1

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

By now, Article 15 of Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (CDSM Directive) needs no wordy introductions. Put briefly, the provision requires Member States to introduce a related (or neighbouring) right for press publishers, applicable to online uses of their publications.

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Training AI models on Synthetic Data: No silver bullet for IP infringement risk in the context of training AI systems (Part 3 of 4)

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 16, 2024

1] Directive (EU) 2019/790 of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market, OJ 130/92, pp. One of the hurdles faced by AI developers that using synthetic data may help overcome arises under the EU Copyright Directive (the “Copyright Directive”). [1] 4(1) and 4(3).

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

Its massive use brings legal consequences for classic IP rights and offers real challenges in particular to trade marks, copyright and related rights and patents. FIDE - The Metaverse As A Challenge To Classical IP - 29 June 2022 - Online The Metaverse steadily developed, and its role became even more central to the business.

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UKIPO’s public consultation on AI and IP – computer-generated works (Part 1)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

There are also numerous benefits to AI-generated works remaining in the public domain, including including enabling low-cost access to those works by others and their use for the generation of new (scientific) knowledge’. A third alternative: the related rights approach.

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Unrequited love at the times of French maisons: the Museum vs Le Musée

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

We have an artwork, displayed in a museum and which is in the public domain. However, no fees shall be paid for certain specific uses, such as in the case of personal use, use for study purposes or public entities’ use with the aim of enhancing the assets themselves. This is exactly the case here. Second, Art.

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A Proposal to leverage Article 17 to build a public repository of Public Domain and openly licensed works

NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

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[Guest post] SIAE vs Meta: no more Italian music available on Facebook and Instagram?

Guest Post: Press Publishers’ Rights In Indian News Media Digital Space

Whither a Signal-Based Broadcast Treaty?

The Jungle Bird, El Diablo, and the Zombie or Machine Learning Models, Computer Programs and Copyright put to the test

AI and IP – to legislate or not? UKIPO’s public consultation seeks evidence

Implementing Article 15 of the CDSMD into the Greek legal order: “creative” or further confirmation of the EU press market’s fragmentation?

Comparative Report on the National Implementations of Articles 15 & 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market – Part 1

Taking freedom of information seriously: the ‘very short extracts’ limitation in Article 15 CDSM Directive and how not to implement it – Part 1

Training AI models on Synthetic Data: No silver bullet for IP infringement risk in the context of training AI systems (Part 3 of 4)

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UKIPO’s public consultation on AI and IP – computer-generated works (Part 1)

Unrequited love at the times of French maisons: the Museum vs Le Musée

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