1 Background, facts and questions
On 9 June 2016 the CJEU ruled on Case C-470/14 - EGEDA and Others (‘EGEDA’). This marks the tenth occasion on which the Court has ruled on the private…
In a judgment of 17 March 2016, the Cour de cassation, the French Supreme Court, ruled that the judicial courts are required to assess and award compensation for private copying in situations where a…
The question referred to the CJEU in the Austro-Mechana case (C-572/14) was whether a claim for payment of fair compensation for private copying, as per Article 5(2)(b) of Directive 2001/29, can be…
The Supreme Court validated the method used by the French collecting society Sacem to determine how the proceeds relating to the exploitation of musical works in clubs and discotheques should be…
On 26 November 2015, the Spanish competition authority imposed a new fine on Spanish collecting societies. This time two organisations were affected, namely, the society that represents record…
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…
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…
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…
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…
