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Information Law Towards the 21st Century external link

Korthals Altes, W., Dommering, E., Hugenholtz, P.B. & Kabel, J.
1992, Series: Information Law Series, ISBN: 9789065446275

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This book is a general introduction to information law and gives a clear picture of the various topics involved, such as: telecommunications and broadcasting, advertising and product placement, privacy, rights to government controlled information, exclusive rights in information and information technology, etc. The contents of this publication is based on papers delivered at a conference held in Amsterdam, June 1991 by the Institute for Information Law of the Amsterdam University.

Informatierecht, Kluwer Information Law Series

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Intellectual Property and Sports: Essays in Honour of P. Bernt Hugenholtz download

Senftleben, M., Poort, J., van Eechoud, M., van Gompel, S. & Helberger, N.
Kluwer Law International, 2021, Series: Information Law Series, ISBN: 9789403537337

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Intellectual Property and Sports celebrates the enormous achievements of Professor Bernt Hugenholtz in the field of intellectual property and information law. Renowned intellectual property law expert Bernt Hugenholtz once warned, chiding the voracity of copyright, that reducing the subject matter test to mere originality and personal stamp might lead to ‘infinite expansion of the concept of the work of authorship. Anything touched by human hand, including for instance sports performances, would be deemed a work’. Focus on sports-related intellectual property issues offers an ideal starting point for exploring core questions on information law. Legal rules in sports and intellectual property evolve in a climate pervaded by powerful lobby pressures with new technologies that have a profound impact on developments in the sports arena. Indeed, the applicability of copyright law on sports events and players’ moves is one of the many topics discussed in this volume, which spans issues from those related to players and their performances and achievements, via those relevant to sports event organisers and clubs, to questions concerning event reporting and data and the growing role of AI technologies in sports.

frontpage, Intellectuele eigendom, Kluwer Information Law Series, sports

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The Copyright/Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection Is Stifling Cultural Creativity

Senftleben, M.
Kluwer Law International, 2020, Series: Information Law Series, ISBN: 9789403523705

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The Copyright/Trademark Interface is an exceptional analysis of the clash between culture and commerce, and the imbalances caused by protection overlaps arising from cumulative copyright and trademark protection. This book highlights the corrosive effect of indefinitely renewable trademark rights. It underscores the necessity to safeguard central preconditions for the proper functioning of the copyright system in society at large: the freedom to use pre-existing works as reference points for the artistic discourse and building blocks for new creations need to ensure the constant enrichment of the public domain. The registration of cultural icons as trademarks has become a standard protection strategy in contemporary cultural productions. It plays an augmented role in the area of cultural heritage. Attempts to register and ‘evergreen’ the protection of cultural signs, ranging from ‘Mickey Mouse’ to the ‘Mona Lisa’, are no longer unusual. This phenomenon, which is characterized by the EFTA Court as trademark registrations and is triggered by ‘commercial greed’, has become typical of an era where trademark law is employed strategically to restrain or eliminate cultural symbols from the public domain.

Auteursrecht, Kluwer Information Law Series, Merkenrecht

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From Risk to Reward? The DSA’s risk-based approach to disinformation external link

Pentney, K. & McGonagle, T.
Unravelling the Digital Services Act package', M. Cappello (ed.), IRIS Special, Strasbourg: European Audiovisual Observatory, 1028, pp: 40-57

desinformatie, Digital Services Act (DSA), frontpage, Mediarecht

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Persoonlijke PIMS: privacyfort of luchtkasteel? external link

Janssen, H.
Privacy & Informatie, num: 5, pp: 214-225, 2021

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Persoonsgegevens worden thans veelal op ondoorzichtige wijze, buiten de controle van de betrokkenen verwerkt. Persoonlijke informatiebeheersystemen (PIMS) willen betrokkenen technologische toepassingen aanreiken, die hun meer controle geven over de verwerking van hun persoonsgegevens. PIMS presenteren zich als alternatief voor de huidige, ‘gecentraliseerde’ wijze van gegevensverwerking, waarbij (grote) organisaties persoonsgegevens op meestal ondoorzichtige wijze verzamelen, analyseren en doorgeven aan derden. PIMS bieden betrokkenen technische instrumenten waarmee zij zelf kunnen controleren en bepalen wanneer en aan wie zijn hun gegevens overdragen, en/of analyses over hun gegevens kunnen laten uitvoeren. Hoewel argumenten voor deze ‘decentralisatie’ aantrekkelijk klinken, rijzen vragen over de mate waarin PIMS de problemen met de huidige gegevensverwerking effectief kunnen bestrijden. In dit artikel ligt de focus bij de vraag in hoeverre deze PIMS de machtsongelijkheid tussen betrokkenen en grote organisaties daadwerkelijk kunnen bestrijden, die als gevolg van de huidige gegevensverwerkingspraktijk zijn ontstaan. PIMS kunnen enig inzicht in en controle over gegevensverwerking bieden, maar desondanks zal de machtsongelijkheid grotendeels blijven voortbestaan.

AVG, controle, empowerment, frontpage, gedecentraliseerde techniek, machtsongelijkheid, overdraagbaarheid van gegevens, persoonlijk informatiebeheersysteem (PIMS), Privacy, privacy zelf-management, rechten van betrokkenen, verwerkingsgrondslagen

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Protecting Works of Fact: Copyright, Freedom of Expression and Information Law external link

Dommering, E. & Hugenholtz, P.B.
Kluwer Law International, 1991, Series: Information Law Series, ISBN: 9789065445674

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With the year 2000 in sight, the information industry is changing into second gear. New information services are introduced each day, using telecommunications networks or newly developed carrier media. Factual information, such as stock market data, weather reports, topographical data and business news, is rapidly becoming a very valuable commodity. And wherever business is booming, piracy is looming. Can copyright law provide adequate protection? Is there a conflict between a copyright in works of fact and the freedom of expression? Are information monopolies compatible with the EEC Treaty? 'Protecting Works of Fact' is about these and other dilemma's of information law. The book contains a collection of articles written by legal scholars and practitioners. Most articles were originally presented at the `Copyright in Information' conference of the Institute for Information Law (University of Amsterdam), which was held in Amsterdam on December 1, 1989. In addition, the book contains a general introduction to information law.

Auteursrecht, Informatierecht, Kluwer Information Law Series, Vrijheid van meningsuiting

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Copyright, Limitations and the Three-step test. An Analysis of the Three-Step Test in International and EC Copyright Law external link

Senftleben, M.
2004

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The three-step test - by which limitations on exclusive copyrights are confined to 'certain special cases' which do not conflict with a 'normal exploitation of the work' and do not 'unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author'- is among the most enduring of standards affecting limitations on intellectual property rights. Its field of application is the delicate balance between exclusive rights and sufficient breathing space for the free flow of ideas and information. However, the emerging information society has thrown numerous unforeseen obstacles in the once-clear path of its implementation. Can the traditional balance between grants and reservations of copyright law be recalibrated along the lines of the three-step test in order to meet current and future needs? Controversies over this crucial question - in Europe, the U.S., Australia, and elsewhere, as well as in two significant WTO panels in 2002 - have brought the three-step test into focus, the essential principle governing copyright limitations in the information society. Investigating the development, structure, and function of the three-step test in international copyright law with thoroughness and precision, Copyright, Limitations and the Three-Step Test offers a close and insightful analysis of its continuing utility for the twenty-first century. The book includes: - viable restatements of the rationales of copyright protection for the emerging IP environment; - new insights into the relationship between copyright protection and copyright limitations; - in-depth explanation of the structure and functioning of the three-step test; - detailed interpretations of each criterion of the test; - discussion of the two WTO panel reports dealing with the test; - a proposal for the further improvement of the copyright system and the international rules governing copyright law; - detailed information about international conference material concerning the test; and - discussion of potential future trends in copyright law. The author provides many examples that demonstrate the test's impact on different types of limitations, such as private use privileges and the U.S. fair use doctrine. He explains the test's role in the European Copyright Directive. The detailed examination and explanation of the three-step test will be of extraordinary value to policymakers, judges, and lawyers in the field of intellectual property law seeking to react adequately to the challenges of the digital environment.

Auteursrecht, Kluwer Information Law Series

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Putting Data Protection by Design on the Blockchain external link

Giannopoulou, A.
European Data Protection Law Review, vol. 7, num: 3, pp: 388-399, 2021

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The principle of data protection by design, as it is enshrined in article 25 of the GDPR, is difficult to apply in blockchains. This article will assess how the reliance on asymmetric encryption and other privacy enhancing technological architectures -necessary in a blockchain-based system- approach both user control and data protection by design compliance from the single scope of anonymization and unlinkability. Data subjects’ rights, accountability, and the potential shortcomings of applied technological constraints are thus sidelined. Ultimately, this limited understanding of technological privacy, acts as a misguiding set of principles for technological co-regulation through standardisation in blockchains. The standardization of these choices without a holistic analysis of data protection by design imperatives could ultimately weaken the position of data subjects, whose trust in the technological protections of personal data might prove to be relatively misplaced.

anonymity, blockchain, Data Protection by Design, encryption, EU General Data Protection Regulation, frontpage, Privacy

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Editorial independence in an automated media system external link

Drunen, M. van
Internet Policy Review, vol. 10, num: 3, 2021

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The media has increasingly grown to rely on automated decision-making to produce and distribute news. This trend challenges our understanding of editorial independence by transforming the role of human editorial judgment and creating new dependencies on external software and data providers, engineers, and platforms. Recent policy initiatives such as the EU’s Media Action Plan and Digital Services Act are now beginning to revisit the way law can enable the media to act independently in the context of new technological tools and actors. Fully understanding and addressing the challenges automation poses to editorial independence, however, first requires better normative insight into the functions editorial independence performs in European media policy. This article provides a normative framework of editorial independence’s functions in European media policy and uses it to explore the new challenges posed by the automation of editorial decision-making.

automated decision making, frontpage, Mediarecht, onafhankelijkheid

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Personal data ordering in context: the interaction of meso-level data governance regimes with macro frameworks external link

Bodó, B., Irion, K., Janssen, H. & Giannopoulou, A.
Internet Policy Review, vol. 10, num: 3, 2021

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The technological infrastructures enabling the collection, processing, and trading of data have fuelled a rapid innovation of data governance models. We differentiate between macro, meso, and micro level models, which correspond to major political blocks; societal-, industry-, or community level systems, and individual approaches, respectively. We focus on meso-level models, which coalesce around: (1) organisations prioritising their own interests over interests of other stakeholders; (2) organisations offering technological and legal tools aiming to empower individuals; (3) community-based data intermediaries fostering collective rights and interests. In this article we assess these meso-level models, and discuss their interaction with the macro-level legal frameworks that have evolved in the US, the EU, and China. The legal landscape has largely remained inconsistent and fragmented, with enforcement struggling to keep up with the latest developments. We argue, first, that the success of meso-logics is largely defined by global economic competition, and, second, that these meso-logics may potentially put the EU’s macro-level framework with its mixed internal market and fundamental rights-oriented model under pressure. We conclude that, given the relative absence of a strong macro level-framework and an intensive competition of governance models at meso-level, it may be challenging to avoid compromises to the European macro framework.

Data governance, Data intermediaries, Data ordering, Data sovereignty, GDPR

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