On 25 January 2017, the CJEU handed down a very interesting judgment in case C-367/15, concluding that Article 13 of Directive EC 2004/48 (better known as “the Enforcement Directive”) does…
…prevent their customers from accessing websites infringing copyright by blocking access to the websites (UPC Telekabel Wien v Constantin Film C-314/12) by reference to Article 8(3) InfoSoc Directive (Directive 2001/29)….
…exploited (‘out-of-print’ books) …However, the ECJ, in its judgment of 16 November 2016 (Case C‑301/15), ruled that Articles 2(a) and 3(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC of 22 May 2001 on the…
…copy thereof, for the purpose of Article 4(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC (the InfoSoc Directive), applies only when there is a transfer of the ownership in the object as such. Consequently,…
…concerns and obstacles that threaten the proper functioning of the internal market. Article 13 poses new obligations for information society services providers that store and provide public access to works…
…may pave the way for a broader interpretation of the concept of ´communication to the public´ under Article 3 (1) of the InfoSoc Directive. By doing so, as the Commission…
…case the panels of the locker interacted with another locker to aid stacking and therefore enabled the connection to another article so that either article may perform its function. Hacon…
…great interest to all those involved in copyright, and we have already published several articles exploring the potential impact that Brexit will have on copyright law in the EU (see…
…(Article 3 Database Directive), as they lacked a personal influence and no creative choices had been made. Nor were they protected by the sui generis database right (Article 7), as…
…issue occurred’. In the words of the Court, there was not a strong link between the criminal act that the article was about and the photograph reproduced in the article….
