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Determining Liability For Illegal Uploads To Online Platforms: An ECJ Opinion Decides In Favour Of Platform Operators

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Online platform operators have a rare cause to be cautiously optimistic at news from the European court. In a recently-published European Court of Justice (ECJ) opinion, Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe stated that,...more

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What Does Brexit Mean for the Copyright Directive in the UK?

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Companies may face a challenging regulatory environment following the EU-wide implementation of the Copyright Directive by 7 June 2021. On 21 January 2020, the UK government confirmed that the UK will not be required to...more

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Tom Kabinet: CJEU rules resale of e-books requires permission of copyright holder

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The CJEU in its Tom Kabinet judgment has ruled that the supply of e-books qualifies as “an act of communication to the public” under the InfoSoc Directive instead of “a distribution to the public” as is the case with physical...more

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The new Digital Service Tax has entered into force in Italy

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With the approval of Law 27 December 2019, no. 160 (the Budget Law), the Italian digital services tax (the DST), initially provided by Law 30 December 2018, no. 145, has finally come into force, being effective as of 1...more

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DSM Watch: EU Copyright Directive clears the finish line

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Today the Council of the European Union adopted the EU Copyright Directive (the “Directive”), ending a negotiation process which first started with the Commission’s proposal for a new Directive in early 2016. ...more

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DSM Watch: Navigating Article 13 (now 17) of the Copyright Directive

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On 26 March 2019 the EU Parliament voted to pass the draft Copyright Directive (“Directive”) into EU law.  After adoption by the EU Council (representatives of Member State governments) and official publication, the EP’s...more

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DSM Watch: Navigating Article 13 of the Copyright Directive

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On 13 February 2019 the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council finally agreed the text of the long-awaited draft Copyright Directive (COM(2016)593) (“Directive“). ...more

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Advanced Copyright Issues on the Internet

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During recent years, the Internet has become the basic foundational infrastructure for the global movement of data of all kinds. With continued growth at a phenomenal rate, the Internet has moved from a quiet means of...more

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The CJEU Takes Tough Stance on Downloading from Unlawful Sources

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ACI Adam BV v Stichting de Thuiskopie - Following a reference from the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that EU law precludes member states from having national...more

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