WIPO International Performer’s Right’s Treaty revived
Department of Law, University of Cyprus 11 years have passed since the last attempt of WIPO to promote an Audiovisual Performance Treaty which would bring the performer’s protection to meet the...
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France: participants in Temptation Island are employees, not performers
YS Avocats “The Supreme Court considers that the participants in the reality TV program had no role to play and that there was no text. They were simply asked to be themselves and express their...
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Performers’ Rights and the Performance Right: A Constitutionally Confusing...
Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University The bizarre saga known as Garcia v. Google has finally come to end with an eleven judge en banc decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the...
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Portugal: Performers’ right to equitable remuneration, Supreme Court of...
Alexandre Libório Dias PereiraA full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law. The Supreme Court confirmed that performing artists (performers) have a mandatory right to equitable...
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The seven-year itch: is the Term Extension Directive working for performers?
Ana Ramalho and Aurelio Lopez-TarruellaAlmost seven years ago, Directive 2011/77/EU – also called the Term Extension Directive – was passed. As mentioned in the Impact Assessment that accompanied the...
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Unwaivable equitable remuneration rights for performers: disruption or...
Ananay AguilarIn an article recently published in the JIPITEC (and available here), I examined parts of the ongoing copyright reform process drawing on a case study on the Fair Internet for Performers...
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French Court of Cassation Defines Notion of “fixation” of the performance
Catherine StaryIntroduction In a decision from 12 September 2018, the French Court of Cassation (hereafter: “the Court”) defines the notion of fixation of the performance of a performer in order to...
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