ECJ: Unauthorized Streaming of TV content constitutes Copyright Infringement
IE University (Segovia, Spain) Last week, the European Court of Justice ruled in a preliminary ruling that live streaming of television channels is a ‘communication to the public’ within the meaning of...
View ArticleFrance: YouTube, Universal and SACEM enter into a new agreement
YS Avocats “This agreement covers all types of videos broadcasted by YouTube.” The French collecting society SACEM, which manages the rights of authors and publishers of musical works, announced, on 3...
View ArticleUK Supreme Court Asks CJEU Whether the Internet is Legal
Institute for Information Law (IViR) “Before finalising its decision however, it is seeking the CJEU’s input on whether end users, who view web-pages on their computers without downloading or printing...
View ArticleJurisdiction in EU copyright cases: accessibility of a website is a criterion
YS Avocats “For the ECJ, in the meaning of Article 5(3) of the Regulation 44/2001, a harmful event may arise from the possibility of obtaining a reproduction of a work from an internet site accessible...
View ArticleDraft law provision on the administrative removal and blocking of online...
Tatiana SinodinouUniversity of CyprusThe draft law for the implementation in Greece of Directive 2014/26/EU on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of...
View ArticleSwedish Supreme Court issues decision regarding the freedom of panorama
Johan Norderyd and Elna JönssonLindahlQuestion referred to the Supreme Court by Stockholm District Court in a case between Bildupphovsrätt i Sverige ek.för. (BUS) vs Wikimedia Sverige (Case nr Ö...
View ArticleGS Media vs. Sanoma (C-160/15) – the Advocate General proposes a deviation...
Jan Bernd NordemannBoehmert & Boehmert1. Introduction The internet has been a challenge for copyright since its advent two decades ago. Many questions have now been answered. It is surprising,...
View ArticlePublic Consultation on the Review of the Satellite and Cable Directive. Is...
Tatiana SinodinouUniversity of CyprusOn 4th May 2016, the European Commission published its Full report on the public consultation on the review of the EU Satellite and Cable Directive. The...
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