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AG Opinion in Dataco v Sportradar

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • European Union
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  • July 27 2012

The recent AG Opinion in Dataco v Sportradar provides guidance on the jurisdiction in which proceedings can be brought in relation to sui generis database infringement, and potentially the infringing act of communication to the public of a copyright work under Article 3 of the Copyright Directive

Copyright consultation

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 27 2012

On 14 June the Government published the Summary of Responses of the Consultation on Copyright (see our report on the Consultation here

Moral rights in collective works: Supreme Court takes economic view

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • July 25 2012

The French system of droit d'auteur is often criticised as being overly favourable to authors and for its unsuitability for the protection and exploitation of works in a business environment

Interim injunctions against a museum

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
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  • June 14 2012

Two recent decisions dated 31 October 2011 and 19 January 2012, respectively, were issued in different proceedings by the Commercial Courts of Bilbao upholding and dismissing, respectively, the preliminary injunctions requested by the Spanish collecting society managing visual artists' rights (VEGAP) against the Guggenheim Museum Foundation (the Foundation) in order to obtain the interim suspension of the making available of the works of 37 artists

Copyright infringement of database coding and macros

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
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  • June 14 2012

CA Inc (CA) is an international IT software management company that produces large scale database systems

Sentence imposed for "camcording"

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • May 31 2012

On 12 January 2012, the Criminal Court of Dax sentenced a "camcording" pirate to nine months in prison (subject to reprieve) and to pay 373,500 in damages

Spanish Competition Commission imposes a fine on the Spanish collecting society for audiovisual producers for demanding abusive fees

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
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  • May 31 2012

On 2 March 2012, the Spanish Competition Commission (CNC) imposed a fine of 478,515 on the Spanish collecting society for producers (Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales or Egeda) for abusing its dominant position in the market of granting licences and for the remuneration to audiovisual producers by hotel facilities for public announcement activities carried out in hotel rooms

Court rules on "fair compensation" for private copying

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Italy
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  • May 31 2012

Under Italian Copyright law, authors are entitled to a "fair compensation" for the private reproduction of their works

ECJ rules that the broadcasting of music within private dental practices does not entitle music producers to remuneration

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • European Union, Italy
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  • May 31 2012

On 15 March 2012, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a preliminary ruling on the questions referred by the Italian Court of Appeal of Turin in the occasion of a proceeding regarding the obligation of a dentist to pay a remuneration to the phonogram producers for the broadcasting of phonograms in his dental practice by way of background music

Order granted against ISPs in the pirate bay case

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 22 2012

We reported on the preliminary hearing of the High Court in the Pirate Bay proceedings here, when it was found that the operators and users of the Pirate Bay website were infringing copyright