Image by Pexels from Pixabay Welcome back to Part II of the analysis of AG Emiliou’s Opinion in C-590/23 Pelham II. In Part I (here), we analysed the interpretation of pastiche as an autonomous…
Image by Pexels from Pixabay The long-awaited opinion of Advocate-General (AG) Emiliou in C-590/23 Pelham, the enduring dispute between the electronic music group Kraftwerk against hip-hop…
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Welcome back for the second part of the C-590/23 Pelham II hearing commentary. In part one (here), we covered the interpretation of pastiche. However, a very…
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On 14 January 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) heard oral arguments in the much-anticipated case C-590/23 Pelham II, where the German…
In its latest opinion, the European Copyright Society has reviewed the German Federal Court of Justice's (BGH) referral in the Pelham II (a.k.a. Metall auf Metall) case.
Although the beginning of…
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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is about to write yet another chapter in the never-ending, or so it seems, ‘Metall auf Metall’ saga. The facts of…
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For 25 years, a case has been circling the German Courts like a roller coaster without a final decision. To date, the Federal Court (hereinafter "BGH")…
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As succinctly noted by Susan Bischoff in a prior post, the ongoing legal saga surrounding the 'Metall auf Metall' case continues to yield legal insights. Presently, a…
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In Greek mythology, the saga of Sisyphus personifies relentless and never-ending toil – condemned by the gods to an eternity of pushing a massive boulder up a steep…
