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Expertenanhörung zur Urheberrechtsnovelle: „Das Beste, das dem Urheberrecht passieren konnte“?
Schlimmer geht immer - Uploadfilter gegen Uploadfilter Expertenanhörung zur Urheberrechtsnovelle: „Das Beste, das dem Urheberrecht passieren konnte“? Am Montag fand im Deutschen Bundestag eine Anhörung zur Urheberrechtsreform statt. Dort ging es vor allem um den umstrittenen Artikel 17 und die drohende Gefahr durch Uploadfilter. Aber auch der Verleih von eBooks wurde diskutiert.
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: EU-Studie gegen Laufzeitverlängerung beim Urheberrecht
: EU-Studie gegen Laufzeitverlängerung beim Urheberrecht Im Auftrag der EU-Kommission wurde eine Studie zur Umsetzung der EU-Copyright Directive mit dem Titel „Recasting of copyright and related rights for the knowledge economy’“ (PDF) unter der Leitung von Prof. Bernt Hugenholtz verfasst. Die Studie ist heute veröffentlicht worden. Ein 11-Seitiges Executive Summery findet sich dort auch.
Executive Summary
This study on the ‘Recasting of copyright and related rights for the knowledge economy’ was carried out by the Institute for Information Lawi on commission by the European Commission. As does the call for tender that inspired it,ii the study covers extensive ground. Chapters 1 and 2 describe and examine the existing ‘acquis communautaire’ in the field of copyright and related
(neighbouring) rights, with special focus on inconsistencies and unclarities, while Chapters 3–6 deal with distinct issues that were identified a priori by the European Commission as meriting special attention: possible extension of the term of protection of phonograms (Chapter 3), possible alignment of the term of protection of co-written musical works (Chapter 4), the problems connected to multiple copyright ownership, including the issue of ‘orphan works’ (Chapter 5), and copyright awareness among consumers (Chapter 6). Finally, Chapter 7 provides an overall assessment of the benefits and drawbacks of the fifteen years of harmonisation of copyright and related rights in the EU and dwells on regulatory alternatives.Beim Thema Laufzeitverlängerung von Urheberrechten sind die Autoren nicht wirklich von den Argumenten der Contentindustrie überzeugt:
The authors of this study are not convinced by the arguments made in favour of a term extension. The term of protection currently laid down in the Term Directive (50 years from fixation or other triggering event) is already well above the minimum standard of the Rome Convention (20 years), and substantially longer than the terms that previously existed in many Member States. Stakeholders have based their claim mainly on a comparison with the law of the United States, where sound recordings are protected under copyright law for exceptionally long terms (life plus 70 years or, in case of works for hire, 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation). Perceived from an international perspective the American terms are anomalous and cannot serve as a legal justification for extending the terms of related rights in the EU…
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: EUCD Best Practice Guide
: EUCD Best Practice Guide Es gibt jetzt den „EUCD Best Practice Guide“. Der Report beschreibt, wie die Europäische Urheberrechstrichtlinie in verschiedenen Ländern in nationale Gesetzgebung umgesetzt wurde und formuliert „Best Practive“-Empfehlungen.
A new report by Berkman Faculty Fellow Urs Gasser and Berkman affiliate Silke Ernst (both at the St. Gallen Research Center for Information Law) provides a set of recommendations for transposing the EU Copyright Directive (EUCD) into the national copyright frameworks of accession states and candidate countries. The guide, which could also inform future law reform in existing member states and is related to stock-taking studies such as the Gowers Report and the forthcoming official review of the EU Copyright Framework, is sponsored by the Open Society Institute and builds upon prior work by the Berkman Center’s Digital Media Project.
The study, focusing on digital copyright, includes specific recommendations in controversial areas such as DRM anti-circumvention frameworks, private copying exceptions, teaching exceptions, exceptions for disabled people, exceptions for archives and libraries, as well as recommendations on issues such as reporting on current events, the quotation right, and provisions on caricature and parody, among others.
Hier ist der Report als PDF.