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Under a New EU-Focused Copyright Law, Musical Artists Currently Earn *Nothing*

TorrentFreak

” The establishment of “an efficient system” for the collective management of copyright and related rights was also mentioned. With a smooth transition under the new law rendered impossible right from the start, AGEPI’s latest move appears to have turned artists’ rights into a dumpster fire.

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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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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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Collective management of copyright and neighbouring rights in Greece

LexBlog IP

Under the Copyright Law, certain copyright and related rights are subject to mandatory collective management, meaning that they can be exercised only through a collective management organisation (CMO). Introduction. Such remuneration is payable only to CMOs. Legislative background.

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Greek collecting societies are not entitled to collect equitable remuneration for artists and producers not represented by them by contract or mandate

LexBlog IP

As a result, the royalty-free music providers licensed GEA (through GRAMMO) to collect on their behalf the equitable remuneration of article 49 in relation only to television and radio broadcasts. The direct licensing of in-store music was not covered by the agreement.

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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.