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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

Pub landlords found to infringe the Premier League’s copyright: pyrrhic victory after all?

McDermott Will & Emery
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European Union, United Kingdom
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March 30 2012

In Football Association Premier League Ltd v QC Leisure 2012 EWHC 108 (Ch) Lord Justice Kitchin has now accepted that the Defendant publicans communicated copyright works contained in foreign broadcasts of Premier League matches to the public, following the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling to that effect in October 2011

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

The protection of football fixture lists under the EU Database Directive

McDermott Will & Emery
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European Union
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March 30 2012

On 1 March 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union passed judgement on Football Dataco Ltd v Yahoo! UK Ltd 2012 CJEU C-60410, concluding that the football fixture lists in question are not protected by copyright as there is insufficient intellectual creation on the part of the author

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Jurisdiction - European Union
Workarea - Copyrights
Workarea - Media & Entertainment
Firm Name - McDermott Will & Emery
Author - Hiroshi Sheraton
Author - Rohan Massey