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 […]
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When solving copyright cases requires to balance fundamental rights
By Alain Strowel 30 September 2014 44
Still on Pinckney: end of the story?
By Eleonora Rosati 30 October 2013 0
A few weeks have passed since the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its decision in Case C-170/12 Pinckney (here) and, since then, (some of) the thoughts of this blogger have been devoted to this ruling. As readers will promptly recollect, this case concerned interpretation of Article 5(3) of the Brussels I Regulation in the context of alleged online […]
The online strike against SOPA and PIPA: exit the law, will a new Internet ‘code’ help?
By Alain Strowel 25 January 2012 1
January 18th, 2012 was the largest online protest in history to stop the internet censorship bills, SOPA & PIPA. On January 20th, Congress shelved the bills indefinitely. If they return, we must be ready. Everybody has heard about the largest online strike of last week, with the blackout of Wikipedia and Reddit […]
La CJUE dit non à la « big-brotherisation » des réseaux peer to peer.
By Pierre Crucifix 24 November 2011 0
C’est bien connu, les réseaux peer-to-peer (P2P) sont des nids d’infractions aux droits des auteurs. En deux-trois clics de souris, n’importe quel internaute un tant soit peu débrouillard et familiarisé aux rudiments du net peut se constituer une discothèque à faire pâlir d’angoisse et verdir de rage toutes les maisons de disques du marché. Et […]