Copyright case: Blank tape levy III, Estonia
…Court. In its judgment the court emphasized that a member state is obliged to adopt, in return for introducing to its legislation the private copying exemption of Article 5(2)b)) of…
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How much do we know about notice-and-takedown? New study tracks YouTube removals
The European Union is working on a dramatic change to the regime that governs the liability of online intermediaries established with the E-Commerce Directive (Directive 2000/31/EC). Art. 14 offered a…
Top 3 Posts of the Spring from our IP Law Blogs
…in Article 3. The proposed exception applies only to non-commercial research organisations that mine content to which they have lawful access for scientific research purposes. Article 3(2) of the Proposal…
Reform of the Spanish Copyright Act: Liberalisation and Oversight of Collecting Societies
…EU Collective Rights Management Directive, which has caused the greatest impact given that it affects over 30 articles of the Copyright Act. It is common knowledge that this reform largely…
Cantel v Arc Medical – copying but without the requisite knowledge
…have reason to believe that the article he is dealing with is an infringing article (s.227 CDPA). Cantel’s position was that it had only carried out acts which would qualify…
The Art of Sampling in the Metall auf Metall case: a new form of artistic expression or mere infringement of copyright and related rights?
…degree of authorial self-copying as a limitation to copyright claims against sampling. This is, for example, the case for the German concept of ‘free use’ (freie Benutzung), codified in Article…
Commuting within the EU? Take your Netflix content with you!
…portability of his content subscription will end. Per Article 7 of the Regulation, contractual provisions limiting the portability of such online content within the European Union shall be unenforceable, no…
The proposed press publishers’ right: 5 historical lessons to learn
…may lead to new frictions. The opponents of the press publishers’ right suggest that another layer of rights over press articles would cause further difficulties in the licensing market. They…
Survey shows that the French graduated response fights online copyright infringement efficiently
…response, which concerns the liability of internet users, is partly administrative and partly criminal (as the users may be fined). Article L.336-3 IPC provides that a person with access to…
The adventures and misadventures of the implementation of the Directive on collective management of copyright in Greece and in Cyprus (Part II)
…Article 15 of Law 59/1976 (now repealed by Law 65(I)/2017). [2] Multimember District Court of Athens, n°953/2008 (unpublished). [3] Article 10 of Law 65(I)/2017. [4] Recital 9 of the Directive….