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The Empire Strikes Back: CISAC beats Commission in General Court
Institute for Information Law (IViR) “This decision is significant insofar as it should impact the legislative process regarding the Proposed Directive “on collective management of copyright and...
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A bill to amend the Spanish IP Law
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya “A clear intention to solve some of the most disturbing problems in Spanish IP.” On February 14th, the Spanish Government approved a bill to amend the law of...
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CJEU in OSA: a victory for right holders against free use and of CMOs against...
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition “The answers from Luxembourg were much awaited not only due to the questions being interesting as such, but also because academia, the European...
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Slovakia adopts a new Copyright Act: It’s a Mixed Bag – Part II
Martin HusovecTilburg Law SchoolBy Martin Husovec, Tilburg University and Matej Gera, CIPPM, Bournemouth University This a continuation of our recent blogpost: “Slovakia adopts a new Copyright Act:...
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Sia Akka / Laa v. Latvia, European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), 562/05, 12...
Magda PapēdeAlbert Ludwig University, FreiburgIn this case, brought by a Latvian collective management organisation (AKKA/LAA) against the Latvian Government, the European Court of Human Rights held as...
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The adventures and misadventures of the implementation of the Directive on...
Tatiana SynodinouFour years have passed since the adoption of Directive 2014/26/EU on collective management of copyright and related rights. The Directive aimed to provide a remedy for certain of the...
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The New Copyright Directive: Collective licensing as a way to strike a fair...
Johan AxhamnIntroduction On 17 April the new EU Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (the DSM Directive) was adopted, following intense negotiations in the Council and...
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Why Metadata Matter for the Future of Copyright
The legislative agenda of the past two decades – both in Europe and further afield – has been about adapting copyright to the requirements of the information society. The administrative means to make...
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Is the Italian Legislation on Collective Copyright Management compliant with...
Photo by Michele Bitetto on Unsplash 1. Introduction Last week, a preliminary hearing took place before the European Court of Justice (CJEU), in a case dealing with the implementation of the Collective...
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Collective rights management and abuse of dominance: Court of appeal of...
Photo by Danny Howe on Unsplash Background On 8 September 2022, the Brussels court of appeal delivered a long-awaited judgment in a case between the collective management organisation “Belgian...
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The Italian Antitrust Authority investigates Meta for abuse of economic...
Photo by Michele Bitetto on Unsplash The Italian Antitrust authority (AGCM) has launched an investigation to assess whether the conduct of META towards SIAE, the largest Italian copyright collecting...
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