“A young photographer, Ladislav Bielik, did what came naturally. He raised his camera and shot back.”
Last week, people in Slovakia and Czech republic were commemorating the 45th anniversary of…
"The occasional use of an unusual expression – such as "she has a black belt in shopping, so uh ...” to describe the shopping behavior of Endstra's wife - is not enough to make a copyrighted…
“This ruling has direct and very important consequences on copyright deals such as database sales agreements, where personal data is sold.”
In a short but very important judgement of 25 June…
“In this ruling, the French Supreme Court states that the mere updating of a computer program processing personal data does not entail an obligation for the data controller to notify the data…
“In essence, the disputes relate to the collecting societies’ intent to have intermediary suppliers pay levies on computers, printers and or plotters marketed in Germany. The suppliers, for…
“Before finalising its decision however, it is seeking the CJEU's input on whether end users, who view web-pages on their computers without downloading or printing them, are committing…
How the Polish broadcasting law on must-carry and must-offer makes broadcasters choose whether to infringe copyright and licensing contracts or the Polish Broadcasting Act.
This post is about a…
"When it is established or not contradicted that a reasonable remuneration has been offered, additional circumstances will be necessary in order to conclude that publication is indeed…
"AG Jääskinen declined to classify Google as a “controller” of the data included on the pages indexed by its search engine within the meaning of article 1(d) of the Data Protection Directive."…
"The BGH thus insinuates that framing may be a yet “unnamed right of exploitation” within the scope of Art. 15(2) Copyright Act."
On 16th May 2013 the first Senate of the German Federal Court…
