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[Guest post] CJEU: New licensing rules for the provision of guest TVs in Germany?

The IPKat

by Mirko Brüß In two recent decisions, the CJEU has once again addressed the issue of communication to the public by means of the provision of television receivers in hotels and similar public facilities. Ultimately, it is disputed which of these rights is specifically affected in such a case and has to be licensed accordingly.

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The Resolution of the European Parliament on protection of live sport events

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Union law does not provide for a neighboring right to copyright for sport event’s organizers but that some Members States have introduced specific rights for sports events organizers in their legislation, including a new “neighboring right” to copyright.

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EU copyright law round up – first trimester of 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

RTL Television, AG Pitruzzella, C-716/20. On 10 March 2022, AG Pitruzzella issued his opinion in RTL Television. The Report examines the question: How can and should EU copyright and related rights law protect AI musical outputs? The report states that the global recorded music market grew with 18.5%

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EU copyright law round up – third trimester of 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

RTL Television, Court of Justice, C-716/20. On 8 September 2022, the CJEU issued its judgment in RTL Television. This includes Court of Justice (CJEU) and General Court judgments, Advocate Generals’ (AG) opinions, and important policy developments. You can read the previous round-ups here. CJEU judgments and AG Opinions.

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EU copyright law round up – fourth trimester of 2021

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This seems to have pushed EU Member States towards compliance – the latest examples here are the Irish European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021 (19 November), the Italian Decree (published on 27 November), and the Estonian Act implementing the Directive (8 December).

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EU copyright law round up – third trimester of 2021

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Some interesting preliminary references to the CJEU to look out for include: RTL Television ( Case C-716/20 ) regarding ‘cable retransmission’ in hotel rooms and AKM ( C-290/21 ) on communication to the public by satellite broadcasting. Coming soon and latest referrals.

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Why the implementation of the Italian press publishers’ right might not be compatible with EU Law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Much has been said about the press publishers’ right, introduced by Article 15 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM). This is particularly visible in the definition of the negotiation and licensing scheme envisioned for the exercise of the new related right. Image via needpix.