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Reeperbahnfestival – Panel “The State of the AI Dilemma – Protection vs. Music Licensing”

Reeperbahnfestival – Panel “The State of the AI Dilemma – Protection vs. Music Licensing”

Marco Erler, Specialised Lawyer for Copyright und Media at LAUSEN, will discuss one of the music industry’s most pressing issues on this panel at the Reeperbahn Festival: How do we deal with the use of music in the context of AI? Friday, September 19, 2025 13:30 – 14:30 East Hotel / Amber / HH In …

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Reeperbahn Festival: The Legal Update 2025 – What the music industry needs to know now

Reeperbahn Festival: The Legal Update 2025 – What the music industry needs to know now

At the Legal Update 2025, Dr. Kerstin Bäcker, Specialist Lawyer for Copyright and Media Law at LAUSEN, will provide an overview of the latest relevant legal developments with a focus on AI and its impact. Thursday, September 18, 2025, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. East Hotel / Ginger / HH The focus will be on: ▶️ …

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Mandatory gender information in online store not legal

Mandatory gender information in online store not legal

In the online purchasing process, it is common to ask for gender in addition to name and shipping address. But why is this the case? After all, a person can only be identified by their name. On January 9, 2025 (case number C-394/23), the European Court of Justice ruled that it is no longer mandatory …

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Wednesday talk “What publishers achieve – the future of publishing”

Wednesday talk “What publishers achieve – the future of publishing”

We cordially invite you to the digital meeting of the series “What publishers achieve – The future of publishing”. Wednesday, March 5, 2025 17:00 to 18:00 Digital via Zoom Our topic today is: “AI-generated vs. AI assisted” The boundaries between AI-generated content and AI-assisted content are blurred. A look beyond the publishing industry and into …

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Infringement of German copyright only if there is a sufficient domestic connection

Infringement of German copyright only if there is a sufficient domestic connection

Cross-border copyright infringements occur frequently in practice, naturally above all in internet cases. An action for such a copyright infringement always raises questions of procedural law, private international law and substantive law: Does the German court seized have international jurisdiction to decide the dispute? Is the legal dispute to be judged according to German copyright …

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