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Introduction: Brazilian Copyright Framework and the existing L&Es
Brazil has signed most Intellectual Property (IP) law Treaties, but notably it has not…
Because such relief was not specified in the Act, a demand for such relief required service of an amended complaint upon a defaulting defendant.
A plaintiff who prevailed in a copyright infringement…
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This contribution was posted first on 17 January 2023 on The Digital Constitutionalist under the title: Safeguarding the Constitutional Role of Media as Fourth…
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Part I of this post discussed the changes to copyright contract law and the new text and data mining exemption provisions that formed part of the 2021…
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In the last year, the German Copyright Act has experienced what is probably its most substantial reform since it first came into force in 1966. The reason…
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Welcome to the fourth (and last) trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law (even though slightly overdue)! While in the last three months of 2022 the CJEU…
Time and again, authors use their copyright to prevent press publications they do not like. Such use of copyright to suppress press reporting interferes with the fundamental right of…
As we enter a new year, we would like to take this opportunity to pass on our best wishes for 2023 to all of our readers, as well as reflect on developments in copyright over the past year. Last year…
According to French law, to fall under the parody exception, the second work must evoke the pre-existing work and present significant differences from it so there is no possible confusion with the…
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It is a common practice to make copies of deteriorating or far away cultural heritage. As of 2022, it is not even a new idea to use digital methods to copy…
