Where a person puts a clickable link on his website enabling visitors to watch sports matches for free, then does this constitute a ‘communication to the public’ under the EU’s InfoSoc Directive 2001/29?
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Case C-201/13, Johan Deckmyn – parody in EU law
Belgium has a tradition of creating comic book figures. Tintin is perhaps the most famous comic book character but another popular comic strip chronicles the adventures of ‘Spike and Suzy’ [Suske and Wiske]. Comic books can be protected by copyright. In this reference, the issue is whether the right holders can stop a political party from circulating a picture that spoofs the cover of a Spike and Suzy story.
Continue readingCase C-466/12, Svensson – hyperlinks and communicating works to the public
Does putting a hyperlink on a website constitute a copyright-relevant ‘communication to the public’ under the EU’s InfoSoc Directive 2001/29?
Continue readingCase C-202/12, Innoweb – search engines copying insubstantial parts of a website
Can a company use the EU’s Database Directive 96/9 to stop minute parts of its website turning up on a rival website?
Continue readingCase C-657/11, Belgian Electronic Sorting Technology – does a domain name advertise?
Does the EU’s Misleading Advertising Directive 2006/114 mean that the concept of ‘advertising’ covers the domain name of a website or its metatags?
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