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Jan Bernd Nordemann (NORDEMANN)

YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 – A step towards “factfulness”

January 20, 2022

At the end of 2021, YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 (“Report”) was published. It is interesting to look at this Report against the background of the 2019 EU rules for the liability…

Kluwer Copyright Blogger

Top 10 Posts on the Kluwer Copyright Blog in 2021

January 10, 2022

As we enter a new year, we would like to take this opportunity to pass on our best wishes for 2022 to all of our readers, as well as reflect on developments in copyright over the past year. Despite…

Paul Keller (Institute for Information Law (IViR))

YouTube Copyright Transparency Report: Overblocking is real

December 9, 2021

Image via YouTube For anyone interested in the discussions about automated content filtering, Christmas came early this week: On Monday YouTube published the first edition of its Copyright…

Peter Mezei (University of Szeged, Hungary) , Helena K. Jahromi (Institute of International Law, Intellectual Property and Technology Law, TU Dresden) , Giulia Priora (NOVA School of Law Lisbon/NOVA IPSI) , Kacper Szkalej (Institute for Information Law (IViR))

What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s a-happening (around Article 17)? Tales from Hungary, Germany, Italy and Sweden

November 29, 2021

Article 17 has been a (the) leading buzzword of the copyright reforms of the European Union in recent years (at least half a decade already). The transposition deadline has now passed. As of June 6,…

Miquel Peguera (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)

Is the Spanish implementation of Art. 17 CDSM compatible with EU Law?

November 11, 2021

Let’s imagine that, in the near future, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) receives a request for a preliminary ruling referring the following question: “Must Article 17(4) of…

Alina Trapova (University College London) , João Pedro Quintais (Institute for Information Law (IViR))

EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2021

August 16, 2021

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Welcome to the second trimester of 2021 round up of EU copyright law! Apologies to readers that this one comes a bit late. In this series, we update readers every…

Felix Reda (GFF (Society for Civil Rights)) , Paul Keller (Institute for Information Law (IViR))

What Member States can learn from the AG opinion on Article 17

July 26, 2021

Photo by Paul Keller Last week saw the long-awaited publication of Advocate General Saugmangsgaard Øe’s opinion on the Polish request for annulments of parts of Article 17 of the Directive on…

Bernd Justin Jütte (University College Dublin) , Giulia Priora (NOVA School of Law Lisbon/NOVA IPSI)

On the necessity of filtering online content and its limitations: AG Saugmandsgaard Øe outlines the borders of Article 17 CDSM Directive

July 20, 2021

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay In its long-awaited Opinion on an action brought by Poland to annul certain parts of Article 17 of the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital…

Alina Trapova (University College London)

What has happened with Article 17 in the past year?

July 5, 2021

Photo by Simon Harmer on Unsplash It certainly feels like the CDSM Directive has been the hottest topic in copyright law for quite some time now. If we had to be more specific and identify one main…