interpretations) available free of charge given their legal status in many jurisdictions. The current copyright/licensing regime for these publications creates a number of difficulties for jurisdictions that
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in relation to specific categories of material. 3.2. In-copyright content One of the key challenges for Europeana is to include in-copyright material, so as to avoid a ‘20th century black hole’ — a [...] works, there is a striking and highly relevant difference with the US in terms of copyright legislation. The term of copyright protection has been harmonised in Europe and in the US to 70 years after the [...] the coming years in relation to 1) enriching Europeana’s content with both public domain and in copyright material of the highest quality and relevance to users, and 2) a sustainable financing and governance
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einzugreifen. Zu beachten sind die in internationalen Abkom- men (Berner Konvention und World Copyright Treaty) festgelegten Maßstäbe. Danach gilt unter anderem, dass der Autor das exklusive Recht hat [...] das Original oder Kopien seines Werkes der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich zu ma- chen (Art. 6 World Copyright Treaty). Die gegenwärtige Praxis von Google Inc., geschützte Werke zu digitalisie- ren und diese
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content and on EU copyright, as well as to propose a sustainable financing model for Europeana. – The Commission is planning a revision of the Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC). ► Copyright Inclusion of [...] of in-copyright works – Many contemporary documents of the 20th century are protected by copyright. The Commission fears that there might be a “20th century black hole” in Europeana if the barriers [...] with direct access to in-copyright works but to refer them to websites operated by their rightholders. Thus the latter could decide to which extent they wish to make in-copyright contents visible on Europeana
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and therefore benefits from, Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs, including patents, design and copyrights). While the EU Patent should 23 See Commission
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and geographical indications, copyright and rights related to copyright. The galaxy of IP rights Intellectual Property Rights « IPR »Patents Trademarks Copyrights and Neighbouring Rights (performers [...] European copyright governance and management Irrespective of the technology used, reforms of copyright in the internal market should take the form of "enabling legislation" for the use of copyright in the [...] far-reaching overhaul of copyright at European level could be the creation of a European Copyright Code. This could encompass a comprehensive codification of the present body of EU copyright directives in order
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27 http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/copyright-infso/copyright-infso_en.htm#otherdocs. 28 In der digitalen Agenda für Europa wird betont (S. 23)
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creating a “European Copyright Code” encompassing the existing EU Directives on copyrights. The Commission’s aim is to “harmonise and consolidate” the entitlements provided by copyright and related rights [...] introduce an optional “unitary“ European copyright title complementing the Member States’ copyright titles; - if the current exceptions and limitations to copyright, which are defined in the Harmonisation [...] cross-border copyright protection in the EU and thus allow for easier access to protected online contents. The introduction of a unitary European copyright title can simplify the licensing of copyrights significantly
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the uneven implementation of the Copyright directive as a particular challenge to cross-border sellers resulting in market fragmentation. The directive imposes copyright levies on sales of blank media [...] affect a number of areas, including consumer law but also VAT, the territorial management of copyright necessary to offer legitimate online services, or the national transposition of the European l [...] technical regulations (for example on electrical plugs and sockets), the territorial management of copyright necessary to offer legitimate online services, the fragmentation of national rules on the disposal
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agreement amounts to exclusive distribution. Copyright (40) Resellers of goods covered by copyright (books, software, etc.) may be obliged by the copyright holder only to resell under the condition that [...] (42) Buyers of hardware incorporating software protected by copyright may be obliged by the copyright holder not to infringe the copyright, for example not to make copies and resell the software or not [...] contracts concerning the right to advertise oneself as being an official sponsor of an event; – copyright licensing such as broadcasting contracts concerning the right to record and/or broadcast an event
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