Irelands’s SOPA
…is the “UPC case”, in which the Irish High Court determined that Article 8(3) of the Information Society Directive had not been adequately transposed into Irish law. In consequence, the…
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Newspaper articles not creative enough. An issue for the CJEU?
On the first week of January, media and blogs extensively reported about a Slovak ruling of the Regional Court in Bratislava, which denied copyright protection on newspaper articles. In fact,…
Ten years InfoSoc: a small note from a biased attendee to the conference
…one sees the acquis. In particular, the question of exceptions or limitations to copyright continues to raise some controversy. Some speakers were of the opinion that article 5 of the…
The hangover after Public Domain Day…
…look at the clauses contained in bilateral and mulilateral trade agreements currently negotiated by the United States. Article 4.5 of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, for example, would bring the copyright term…
Databases: sui generis protection and copyright protection
…protection of fixture lists by database copyright. The two questions posed to the Court are the following: 1) In Article 3(1) of Directive 96/9/EC … what is meant by “databases…
Another piece of the puzzle, or is it? CJEU on photographs as copyright works
…with Article 5(5) thereof and Article 12 of the Berne Convention, particularly [in the light of the fundamental right to respect for property] to be interpreted as meaning that photographic…
Will out-of-commerce books soon be managed by a collective management society in France?
…draft law first defines the category of “unavailable books” and describes how the collective management society will authorise the digital reproduction and making available of the works. Following Article 1,…
Hasty legislative amendment to correct French private copying levy
…to maintain the system of private copying levy while exempting the professionals from the liability of fair compensation, but such only for the future. Article 4 of the Bill states…
European Union, Exceptions and Limitations, Legislative process, Making available (right of), Reproduction (right of)
Commission Recommendation on the Digitisation and Online Accessibility of Cultural Material and Digital Preservation
…Report by the Comité des Sages high level reflection group and the Communia Final Report and Policy Recommendations, the Commission opposes attempts to re-appropriate public domain material: according to Article…
Austria, Authorship, Case Law, Distribution (right of), European Union, Jurisdiction, Remuneration (equitable)
Pictures from the (Copyright) Front
…reply as follows: 1) The provisions of Art. 1(5) and Art. 2 of the SatCab Directive, combined with the provisions of Article 2(1) of the Term of Protection Directive, and…