Legislative process

Alexander Schnider (Geistwert)

Virtual Reality & Copyright: To boldly go where no man has gone before

May 2, 2016

When a new disruptive innovation comes around, the question always arises as to whether the current legal regimes can provide answers to all potential legal questions arising out of such new…

Lucie Guibault (Schulich School of Law )

Where to Look? Diligent search requirements too vague!

April 25, 2016

Spare Rib magazine issue 110 A report published by the EnDOW project on the “Requirements for Diligent Search in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Italy” confirms what everyone suspected all…

P. Bernt Hugenholtz (Institute for Information Law (IViR))

Say Nay to the Neighbouring Right!

April 14, 2016

The European Commission keeps sending us surprises. After December’s Communication on Modernizing Copyright, which contained a mixed bag of copyright goodies, we had expected just about anything but…

Martin Husovec (London School of Economics)

Slovakia adopts a new Copyright Act: It’s a Mixed Bag – Part II

March 10, 2016

By Martin Husovec, Tilburg University and Matej Gera, CIPPM, Bournemouth University This a continuation of our recent blogpost: “Slovakia adopts a new Copyright Act: It’s a Mixed Bag – Part I”. In…

Martin Husovec (London School of Economics)

Slovakia adopts a new Copyright Act: It’s a Mixed Bag – Part I

February 29, 2016

By Martin Husovec, Tilburg University and Matej Gera, CIPPM, Bournemouth University Some will associate the year of 2016 with the year of the Fire Monkey or the monkey selfie. Not Slovak copyright…

Philippe Laurent (Marx, Van Ranst, Vermeersch & Partners)

Belgian levies regime condemned by the CJEU

February 23, 2016

Case C‑572/13, HP v. Reprobel, 12 November 2015 By Philippe Laurent and Céline Wulleman, Marx Van Ranst Vermeersch & Partners As we know, Member States may adopt exceptions to the reproduction right…

Marco Caspers (Institute for Information Law)

The role of Anne Frank’s diary and academic freedom for text & data mining

January 20, 2016

It is beyond dispute that Anne Frank’s diary is of great historical value. A recent Dutch court decision confirms this, in a case that perfectly illustrates the tension between freedom of scientific…

Karlijn van den Heuvel (Institute for Information Law)

What does the new Dutch Copyright Contract Law have to offer?

January 13, 2016

The Dutch Copyright Contract Law entered into force on July 1st 2015. According to the legislator it aims to strengthen the position of the author and performer in exploitation agreements (see…

Tatiana Synodinou (University of Cyprus)

Draft law provision on the administrative removal and blocking of online copyright infringing content. Will 2016 bring more “happiness” to Greek copyright law?

January 8, 2016

The draft law for the implementation in Greece of Directive 2014/26/EU on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online…