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GS Media Event: 24 Apr 2017 at the University of Southampton School of Law

GS Media too the evolving linking regime – Did nosotros simply wreck the Internet?

You are warmly invited to attend a invitee lecture past times Antti Härmänmaa, caput of IPR at Sanoma, on the 24 Apr at the University of Southampton School of Law, kindly hosted past times Eleonora Rosati. Antti Härmänmaa volition render his practiced insight regarding the electrical current CJEU jurisprudence relating to linking. If yous wishing to attend, delight contact Eleonora Rosati at e.rosati@soton.ac.uk.

Antti

Härmänmaa

On 8 September 2016 the Court of Justice of the European Union gave its long-anticipated determination inwards the illustration GS Media BV v Sanoma Media Netherlands BV too Others (the “GS Media case”), the latest episode inwards the business of hyperlinking cases, a subset of the convoluted CJEU illustration police concerning communication to the populace nether the InfoSoc Directive.

Introducing a novel exam for linker liability, too applying this exam inwards the case, the court’s finding was that GS Media had effected a communication to the public. As instructed past times the court, nosotros similar a shot know that hyperlinking to protected freely available plant can, inwards deed, constitute copyright infringement if for certain atmospheric condition are met.

What were the circumstances that led to the courtroom case? Has the run a jeopardy of copyright infringement past times content creators, cyberspace users too publishers increased every bit termination of the decision? And is the police concerning hyperlinking similar a shot live on settled?

These are some of the topics that volition live discussed inwards the invitee lecture past times Antti Härmänmaa, caput of IPR at Sanoma on the 24th of Apr at the University of Southampton School of Law. If yous would similar to attend what promises to live an splendid informational session, delight contact Eleonora Rosati at e.rosati@soton.ac.uk. 

European Copyright Society Conference – Fri 12 May, SciencesPo

The European Copyright is asset a conference entitled ‘Building a European Union unitary copyright’ on Fri 12 May at SciencesPo, Auditorium Caquot, Paris.

Information from the conference webpage states that “The Conference aims at launching the fence too laying the foundations for the structure of an European Union unitary Copyright. It seeks to explore several cardinal issues surrounding the structure of a unitary Copyright including the creation of a Copyright ‘title’, agency of bridging the mutual police Copyright tradition too the civil police droit d’auteur traditions, cumulation or exchange every bit regards national copyrights, enforcement mechanisms including the judiciary organisation too the formulation of its noun content (i.e. ownership, rights, exceptions too limitations, contractual protection of authors etc.).”

Registration for the lawsuit tin move live constitute here.

CREATe IP Summer Summit 2017 (26 – xxx June) – University of Glasgow

You are warmly invited to participate inwards the upcoming CREATe IP Summer Summit. The theme this twelvemonth is ‘Open Science too Open Culture’ amongst a especial focus on evolution inwards the Global South. The summit volition accept house betwixt Mon 26 – Fri xxx June 2017 at the University of Glasgow.

Sessions volition include: 

• Openness too IP: Where are nosotros today? – Martin Kretschmer (University of Glasgow)
• Open policy making inwards the cultural infinite inwards UK of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland – Margaret Haig (UK IPO)
• Enabling Open Science through Open Access Licences – Thomas Margoni (University of Glasgow) 
• Is ‘open’ the solely choice to closed, traditional IP? How almost a mixed approach, learning from concern too strategy? – Sukhpreet Singh (University of Glasgow)

Who is this summit meant for?

CIPSS’17 is aimed at students, manufacture professionals, too the populace sector.

-      Students may live postgraduates, PhDs or postdoctoral researchers, having an involvement inwards ‘openness’.

-      Industry professionals tin move live from the commercial or the not-for-profit sector, the sharing economy, or NGOs working inwards this field.

-      The populace sector tin move include authorities officials such every bit civil servants too policy makers, whose project requires them to direct keep an agreement of how ‘openness’ interacts amongst the international IP regime.

For to a greater extent than data on the Summit, delight watch its webpage.