After the September 3, 2014 decision of the Court of Justice of the EU in Deckmyn v. Vandersteen, the notion of parody is a concept of EU law. Does it mean that the national cultures and laws of the EU Member States are no more competent to define the limits of humor? This would be […]
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‘Parody’ becomes a concept of EU law: something to applaud or to fear?
By Alain Strowel 2 November 2014 29
When solving copyright cases requires to balance fundamental rights
By Alain Strowel 30 September 2014 44
Copyright cases until recently were mainly decided with reference to the rules contained in the statutes (the relevant Copyright Acts) and on the basis of the principles deriving from case law. Under the influence of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) and of the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR), a growing number […]