CDSM Directive

Paul Keller (Institute for Information Law (IViR))

YouTube Copyright Transparency Report: Overblocking is real

December 9, 2021

Image via YouTube For anyone interested in the discussions about automated content filtering, Christmas came early this week: On Monday YouTube published the first edition of its Copyright…

Peter Mezei (University of Szeged, Hungary) , Helena K. Jahromi (Institute of International Law, Intellectual Property and Technology Law, TU Dresden) , Giulia Priora (NOVA School of Law Lisbon/NOVA IPSI) , Kacper Szkalej (Institute for Information Law (IViR))

What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s a-happening (around Article 17)? Tales from Hungary, Germany, Italy and Sweden

November 29, 2021

Article 17 has been a (the) leading buzzword of the copyright reforms of the European Union in recent years (at least half a decade already). The transposition deadline has now passed. As of June 6,…

Sara Moran

European parliament adopts intellectual property action plan

November 26, 2021

On 11 November, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on an intellectual property action plan aimed at supporting the EU’s recovery and resilience. The recitals note the importance of…

Miquel Peguera (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)

Is the Spanish implementation of Art. 17 CDSM compatible with EU Law?

November 11, 2021

Let’s imagine that, in the near future, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) receives a request for a preliminary ruling referring the following question: “Must Article 17(4) of…

Ula Furgal (CREATe, University of Glasgow)

Press publishers’ right: social media enter the stage

November 4, 2021

On 21st October 2021, Facebook announced that it has reached an agreement with APIG, an association of French press publishers, committing itself to the payment of licensing fees pursuant to the…

Marcella Favale (Bournemouth University)

Can algorithmic justice be just? …if it’s quick enough?

October 22, 2021

Photo by Rafael Garcin on Unsplash On the 16th of October 2020, one year ago, a middle-school teacher, Samuel Paty, was beheaded by a terrorist who would not know of his existence if not for a…

Alina Trapova (University College London) , João Pedro Quintais (Institute for Information Law (IViR))

August 16, 2021

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the second trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! Apologies to readers that this one comes a bit late. In this series, we update readers every…

Felix Reda (GFF (Society for Civil Rights)) , Paul Keller (Institute for Information Law (IViR))

What Member States can learn from the AG opinion on Article 17

July 26, 2021

Photo by Paul Keller Last week saw the long-awaited publication of Advocate General Saugmangsgaard Øe’s opinion on the Polish request for annulments of parts of Article 17 of the Directive on…

Bernd Justin Jütte (University College Dublin) , Giulia Priora (NOVA School of Law Lisbon/NOVA IPSI)

On the necessity of filtering online content and its limitations: AG Saugmandsgaard Øe outlines the borders of Article 17 CDSM Directive

July 20, 2021

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay In its long-awaited Opinion on an action brought by Poland to annul certain parts of Article 17 of the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital…