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[Guest post] New Ukrainian Law on Copyright and Related Rights

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Here's what Kateryna and Liubov write : New Ukrainian Law on Copyright and Related Rights by Kateryna Militsyna and Liubov Maidanyk Last year, the Ukrainian copyright reform got on its fast track. In July the Ukrainian parliament approved one of the legislative proposals on copyright and related rights as a basis.

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

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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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Comparative Report on the National Implementations of Articles 15 & 17 CDSMD – 14 New Countries

Kluwer Copyright Blog

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. In December 2023, this study was e xpanded to cover a further 14 countries. This post considers the insights provided by the completion of the study.

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EU and NL Domain Registries Take Down Piracy-Linked Domains

TorrentFreak

Other players in the domain name market have been more reserved. Domain name registries that fail to take action are now listed as “ notorious piracy markets ” themselves, as recent reports against the.cc,io, domain extensions have shown. Politics also play a part. For example, U.S. ” “Both roads lead to Rome.

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The EU AI Act has been published

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This Regulation ensures the free movement, cross-border, of AI-based goods and services, thus preventing Member States from imposing restrictions on the development, marketing and use of AI systems, unless explicitly authorised by this Regulation ”. This sprawling regulation comprises 180 recitals and 113 articles.

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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

Related rights. In addition to rights of the author, German copyright law also recognises related rights. The plaintiff was the creator of a painting, which consists of 16 so-called heads, displayed on a remaining section of the Berlin Wall (the so-called “East Side Gallery”).

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France Mulls Instant IPTV Blocks, €750K Fines & New Piracy Crime of ‘Incitement’

TorrentFreak

. “The proliferation of matches and competition from other audiovisual content, both sporting and non-sporting, creates an overabundance of content that challenges the balance of the football audiovisual exploitation rights market.” “These new offenses would not target users of illegal services.