Latest Copyright Cases From The Ecdr

The March 2005 termination of Sweet & Maxwell's European Copyright together with Design Reports contains vii cases, several existence available for the outset fourth dimension inwards English. Cases include

* Bild-Kunst v Focus (Bundesgerichtshof, Germany): on whether the parodic role of a typically German linguistic communication representation of an eagle is permitted;

Watch the birdie -- exactly don't accept also many liberties amongst it or you lot may last sued

* Paperboy (Bundesgerichtshof, Germany): about other instance dealing amongst the legality nether copyright together with database correct of a website providing a intelligence service that links through to copyright-protected tertiary political party spider web pages;

* Hundertwasser-Haus (Bundesgerichtshof, Germany): unauthorised postcards made from photos of buildings situated inwards world places;

* Copyright together with Communications Advisory Agency v Latvian Radio (Supreme Court, Latvia): about other spat over unpaid licence royalties owed to a collecting society.

Other cases inwards this termination are Case C-88/04 European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland (UK castigated for failing to implement Information Society directive inwards Gibraltar), Sawkins v Hyperion (copyright exists inwards edited version of ancient musical works) together with Griggs v Evans (No. 2), a fascinating analysis of the extent to which a British courtroom tin brand rulings that decide ownership of copyright exterior the jurisdiction.