Art. 17 (formerly Art. 13) of the new Copyright Directive resulted in a heated public debate, often reduced to the falsifying buzzwords “upload filter” and “internet censorship”, which in many aspects bypassed the issue. This article therefore analyses why the new regulation was necessary at all, which platforms are affected by the regulation, what effects …
On October 25, 2018, the JUVE Awards were presented at the Old Opera House in Frankfurt am Main. The coveted prize is awarded annually to law firms and in-house teams that have excelled in their industry due to their outstanding achievements and development over the past 12 months. The decision is based on information from …
On 10 November 2016, the European Court of Justice decided that the lending of e-books may be covered by the scope of the Directive on Rental Right and Lending Right (Directive 2006/115/EC), at least in cases of “one-copy-one-user” lending (i.e. the option of lending a previously purchased e-book to one library user at a time) …
Comedian John Oliver hat sich in seiner HBO-Sendung am vergangenen Sonntag in sehr amüsanter Weise mit der Nutzung von Musik im US-Wahlkampf beschäftigt – inklusive eines von Musikern wie Sheryl Crow und Usher eigens komponierten und vorgetragenen Stückes namens “Don’t Use Our Song”. Anlass waren die empörten Beschwerden zahlreicher Musiker nach der Benutzung ihres Werks …