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Federal Courts Split on ‘Server Test’ in Copyright Infringement Cases Involving Embedded Images

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Earlier this week, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas joined a number of other federal district courts that have challenged, narrowed, or simply rejected the applicability of the “server test,”...more

Hogan Lovells

The end of an odyssey: The German Act to adapt copyright law to the requirements of the Digital Single Market

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The German Act to adapt copyright law to the requirements of the Digital Single Market will enter into force on 7 June 2021 – as the first national transposition of the Digital Single Market Directive ...more

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EU Parliament Approves New Copyright Rules for the Internet

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We had been following on this blog the heated debates around the proposed EU Copyright Directive. These debates now belong to history since on March 27, 2019, the European parliament adopted the Directive with 348 votes...more

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“Very Short” and Incredibly Loud: New EU Copyright Directive a Shot in the FANGs

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Opening another front in the data wars, the Members of the European Parliament, on March 26, 2019, adopted the text of a new Copyright Directive. According to the European Parliament, the Directive “aims to ensure that the...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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German Federal Court of Justice submits copyright dispute over YouTube to CJEU

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This week, copyright is all over the place. After the European Parliament voted on proposed copyright reform in Europe last Wednesday (12 September 2018), the long-awaited decision of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH)...more

Gray Reed

Online Images – Free to Use?

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Having won her primary, Starr Struuck is ready to update her campaign website and Instagram feed to jazz up her image and promote the reasons why she should win the general election. ...more

Gray Reed

Do You Even Meme Bro? The Law of Internet Memes

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You know you’ve chuckled at a few of them–the ubiquitous internet meme. But, have you ever wondered whether all this sharing, changing and going “viral” is legal....more

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Know Thy Software Vendor: Website Operator Cannot Sidestep Copyright Infringement Claims over Link to Allegedly Infringing...

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Last month, a New York district court refused to dismiss most of the copyright infringement claims asserted against a website operator based on an allegation that the website linked to an infringing copy of plaintiff’s...more

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California Court: School Districts Cannot Prevent Posting of Videos of Open Board Meetings

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Our friends over at the EdLawConnectBlog in California published a blog about an interesting case from the Golden State that school leaders from across the country may find interesting. The case addressed whether school...more

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Facebook’s “Copyright” Post - The Sound and the Fury

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Users of Facebook no doubt have seen at least some of their friends post the “copyright” update. In brief, the post states “I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details,” including photos,...more

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