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The Beijing Treaty: A step forward in the protection of related rights in audiovisual performances

Kluwer Copyright Blog

An example of this would be the work carried out by AISGE – a Spanish organisation that manages dubbing actors’ intellectual property rights in Spain and abroad. There is no doubt, however, that BTAP strengthens related rights of artists in audiovisual works and ensures their payment abroad.

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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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Advertising on Pirate Sites Outlawed in Ukraine Under New Law

TorrentFreak

Italy participates in the program through telecoms regulator AGCOM, Lithuania through its Radio and Television Commission, and Spain through departments under the Ministry of Culture. No other EU country participates, despite having similar ‘pirate’ blacklists of their own.

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US Copyright Office advises not to introduce ancillary copyright protection for press publishers in the US

The IPKat

In 2019, the EU legislature introduced an EU-wide related right (Article 15 of the DSM Directive , on which see Katposts here ) for EU-based press publishers in relation to online uses of their press publications by information society service providers, including news aggregation services, social media, and search engines.

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Austrian Supreme Court refers further questions for a preliminary ruling on the InfoSoc Directive

The IPKat

The defendant was offering an internet protocol television (“IPTV”) service to business clients (e.g., network operators, hotels and stadiums). The IPTV service included TV programs created and broadcasted by the Claimant. 2(a) and (e) and Art. 3(1) of the InfoSoc Directive, in connection with Art.

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Broadcasters’ Cable Retransmission Rights: in line (or not) with the EU right of communication to the public?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

On March 10 th , 2022, the Advocate General (AG) Pitruzzella delivered his Opinion on the case RTL Television GmbH v Grupo Pestana S.G.P.S., However, Member States can provide for such a right in their legislations. Rights of authors and related rights: united or separated? et al ( C-716/20 ). 403/08 and C?429/08,

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Key 2023 update: EU Directive implemented in Greek copyright law

LexBlog IP

It has several aims, including the following: To facilitate copyright and related rights licensing in protected works and other subject matters in certain television transmissions and radio programs. Law 4996/2022 was implemented into the Greek legislation EU Directive 2019/789.