“On 10 January 2019, the Advocate General (AG) Szpunar delivered his opinion in the case Spiegel Online GmbH v Volker Beck (C 516/17). Part I of this blogpost explored the AG’s stance in relation to the degree of latitude left to Member States when implementing copyright exceptions and the ambit of the news reporting exception of Article 5(3)(c) of Directive 2001/29. Part II focuses on three other challenging legal issues raised by the AG’s Opinion: the concept of quotation in EU copyright law, the possibility of using fundamental rights as external limits to copyright protection, and the AG’s interesting thoughts in relation to copyright misuse and the protection of moral rights in EU copyright law …” (more)
[Tatiana Synodinou, Kluwer Copyright Blog, 21 February]
First posted 2019-02-22 07:01:57
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