In a relatively recent judgement in a criminal case, the Supreme Court of Estonia ruled that that the terms 'trade scale' and 'commercial scale' are not synonymous. The concept 'commercial…
“It is not the European Parliament that officially determines the scope of the negotiating mandate, although its position now can certainly give a sign regarding the political winds that await…
In a recent judgment, following the preliminary Infopaq-rulings of the European Court of Justice, the Danish Supreme Court ruled that extracts of newspaper articles comprising no more than 11…
"The Supreme Court puts an end to a French oddity and makes the business of music synchronisation safer. (…) The Supreme Court took the opportunity to settle two major issues in French…
“The most obvious one is the fact that, if enhanced cooperation is permitted in the area of creation of unitary titles, then a similar solution could be envisaged for copyright.”
Last month,…
"No need to wait for the ECJ, the Court replied."
In Belgium, besides being a tort from a civil law perspective, a copyright infringement can also be a criminal offence, on the condition that it is…
"This decision is significant insofar as it should impact the legislative process regarding the Proposed Directive “on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-…
“The road to Marrakesh is open but is not paved with roses and the outcome of the negotiations is awaited with both hope and reservations. “
While some statistics demonstrate that only about 5…
"This agreement covers all types of videos broadcasted by YouTube."
The French collecting society SACEM, which manages the rights of authors and publishers of musical works, announced, on 3…
"The viewer will not experience it as real and will even consider it to be weird, amateurish or even ridiculous."
In a case about the use of the ‘house style’ of the Dutch police, the summary…
