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The removal of SIAE’s repertoire from Meta’s social networks
“This song is currently unavailable” or “The audio track in your reel is no longer available. You can…
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This blog is a continuation of an earlier Kluwer post ‘Getting paid to play? Copyright, contract, and the rewards for UGC’ and is based on the findings of the You…
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Welcome to the first trimester of the 2023 round up of EU copyright law! In this edition, we report on an AG Opinion that came out late in 2022 and update you on…
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Users are increasingly prolonging the lifespan and value of a video game past its initial release date through user-generated content (UGC). The little-understood…
On June 7th, two years after its adoption, the deadline for implementing the DSM Directive finally expired. While academics and stakeholders have been critically dissecting its controversial…
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Summary
The IPEC has held than an employee produced software in the course of his employment, despite his claims he did most of his work in his own time, at…
A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law
In a case between a music publisher and members of the pop group Duran Duran, the Court granted a declaration to the claimant music…
In this case the court took the position that the non-transfer of economic copyright in a draft building plan did not constitute a breach of the contract of services for designing a construction…
