This blogpost is part of a series marking the publication of the fourth edition of the book Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights, edited by Daniel Gervais and João Pedro Quintais…
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This series of posts presents the implementation of the CDSM Directive in Poland and discusses some of the controversies linked to the new provisions in Polish law. The first…
Introduction
Discussions about copyright have once again returned to the political agenda in Brazil. Various national - and international - regulatory initiatives seek to address the accumulating…
The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) has for many years supported the move away from proprietary models of scholarly publishing towards Open Access (OA).[1] ALLEA…
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On 26 September 2024, the Belgian Constitutional Court referred a highly topical issue of fair remuneration of authors and performers on online streaming…
1. A ‘Google Zero’ World?
“I got the new stuff!” are the background lyrics of the latest Google advertisement about the future of online search. “Overviews” is a new feature that is gradually being…
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In a statement made on 12 October 2023, the French collecting society Sacem, which represents most authors/composers and publishers of music in France, announced that it…
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Order no. 2021-580 of 12 May 2021 (‘transposition Order’) of the French Government implements articles 2(6) and 17 to 23 of the EU Directive 2019/790 on copyright and…
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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…
