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Last Tuesday, Hungary somewhat unexpectedly became the second EU member state to implement part of the Copyright in the…
Following a long and winding procedure, Directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM Directive) and the SatCab 2.0 Directive (2019/789) were adopted last year. EU Member…
Register’s opinion needed to determine validity of textile designer’s "single-unit registration" for 31 separate designs that were not released at the same time.
In a case in which textile designer…
The first part of this series provided an introduction to the Dutch DSM copyright directive transposition bill submitted to the Dutch parliament on 15 May (operative provisions Dutch / auto-…
The first part of this post provided an introduction to the DSM copyright directive transposition bill submitted to the Dutch parliament on 15 May (operative provisions Dutch / auto-translate,…
Introduction
On 15 May, the Netherlands became the first EU member state to submit a complete DSM copyright directive transposition bill to parliament.[1] Both the timing and the content of the…
Copyright is an engine for knowledge. Although copyright creates monopolies, it should not be considered as a good in itself, but as a tool which can be used to achieve societally desirable…
Drake’s use of the lyrics for a 35-second sample of another song was transformative, the amount used was reasonable, and there was no evidence his use negatively affected the sampled song’s market.…
The first post of this two-part series on Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) discussed the copyright implications of the use of different online services in the context of ERT. The second part…
ORF/Facebook - First follow up ruling after CJEU C18/18 – Glawischnig/Facebook
First, a little bit of history. Back in 2016, a Facebook post containing an article with a photograph of the former…