Football, Decoders and Territoriality in Copyright
Institute for Information Law (IViR) The football leagues in Europe seem to be on a losing streak in Luxembourg. On February 17 the European Court of Justice pronounced that Member States may reserve...
View ArticleO No, Not Again: Term Extension
Institute for Information Law (IViR) Bad news from Denmark. According to an official press release, the Danish government has changed its position and now endorses the European Commission’s proposal to...
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Europe 1 – Premier League 0
Institute for Information Law (IViR) In its groundbreaking judgment of 4 October 2011 the Court of Justice of the European Union has essentially legalized the import, sale and use of foreign satellite...
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The InfoSoc Directive Ten Years After
Institute for Information Law (IViR) On May 22 of this year Directive 2001/29/EC was exactly 10 years old – a birthday largely gone unnoticed. The ‘Copyright Directive’ or ‘Information Society...
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A Century of Dutch Copyright Law
Institute for Information Law (IViR) On September 23, 1912, the Dutch Copyright Act – Auteurswet – was enacted. A century after its enactment the Dutch law is one of the world’s oldest ‘living’ acts of...
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European Copyright Society issues opinion on Svensson hyperlinking case
Institute for Information Law (IViR) The European Copyright Society, a group of prominent European scholars, today issued an opinion on the Svensson case (Case C-466/12), which is currently before the...
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Goodbye, Geschriftenbescherming!
Institute for Information Law (IViR) Besides tulips, cheese, football and other recreational matters, the Netherlands are famous for its copyright protection of non-original writings....
View ArticleIViR Anniversary Conference (Information Influx), 2-4 July 2014
Institute for Information Law (IViR) Although the actual founding of the Institute for Information Law is shrouded in myth and mystery, in 2014 it will be 25 years ago that IViR was officially...
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