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“Communication to the public”: CJEU finds it does not include live performances or direct presentations of copyrighted work

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • January 12 2012

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has once again considered the meaning of “communication to the public” under Article 3(1) of the Copyright Directive (200129EC

ISP not responsible for preventing illegal downloading: CJEU decision finds filtering system would infringe ISP’s business rights and customers’ freedom

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • January 12 2012

In Scarlet Extended SA v Société belge des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs SCRL C-7010 24 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union found that imposing an injunction on an internet service provider (ISP) requiring it to install a filtering system to prevent illegal downloading is unlawful under European law

Territorial exclusivity of football broadcasts found contrary to EU law

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • November 3 2011

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in Football Association Premier League Ltd v QC Leisure C- 40308 and Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd C- 42908 (4 October 2011) that a system of licences for the broadcasting of sporting events which grants licensees territorial exclusivity on a Member State basis, and which prohibits television viewers from watching the broadcasts in one Member State using a decoder licensed for use in another, is contrary to EU law

EU enhances copyright protection for sound recordings and songs

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • November 3 2011

On 12 September 2011, Directive 2011 77 EU, amending Directive 2006 116 EC on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (the Directive) was adopted

Green Paper on online distribution of audiovisual works

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • September 28 2011

The European Commission has published a Green Paper on the online distribution of audiovisual works in the European Union: opportunities and challenges towards a digital single market

US copyright alert system: a model for Europe?

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, USA
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  • September 28 2011

The Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA) and International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) have welcomed the recent voluntary agreement in the United States between internet service providers (ISPs) and the creative industries, in particular trade bodies representing the music and film industries, to deal with copyright infringement online

Rights holders and internet service providers discuss combating file-sharing

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
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  • July 5 2011

The European Commission’s Stakeholders’ Dialogue on illegal uploading, downloading, and file-sharing was concluded with the publication of a Synthesis Report

The legality of ordering ISPs to install filtering and blocking systems to protect IP rights

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Belgium, European Union
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  • May 31 2011

In Scarlet Extended SA v Société Belge des Auteurs Compositeurs et Editeurs C-7010, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has given his opinion on whether it is lawful for a national court to impose an order on an internet service provider (ISP) to make in impossible for its customers to send or receive, by means of peer-to-peer software, particular music files

Football Dataco Ltd and others v Sportradar GmbH: copyright and database right infringement and jurisdiction

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • April 29 2011

Allowing Sportradar's appeal in part, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales has ruled that Dataco's copyright claim in relation to a database of football statistics failed because what was allegedly copied was "mere data", not the database itself

Advocate General considers territorial broadcasting restrictions incompatible with European law

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • March 31 2011

On 3 February 2011, Advocate General Kokott delivered her Opinion on a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) concerning the legality of the use of satellite decoders purchased outside the United Kingdom to show Premier League football matches in public houses in the United Kingdom