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The French Law on the Regulation of Games Including NFT is Passed: Place Your Bets

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We have been talking about it since last year: the bill to secure and regulate the digital space ("SREN") has now been passed. The legislative process leading up to the enactment of the SREN bill has been slow (as a reminder:...more

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A Cookie Is Not Just a Cookie: EDPB Issues Draft Guidelines on Art 5(3) ePrivacy Directive

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A cookie is not just a cookie, according to the European Data Protection Board. It’s also similar technologies, and access and Internet of Things (IOT). Here are some key takeaways you need to know from the EDPB’s draft...more

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UK Government Releases Details of New ‘Online Harms’ Regime for Online Platforms

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Update confirms the introduction of an active “duty of care” and a dedicated regulator, as part of a comprehensive new online regulatory regime. Following a wave of commentary from industry, the social sector, and other...more

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German Federal Court of Justice submits copyright dispute over YouTube to CJEU

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This week, copyright is all over the place. After the European Parliament voted on proposed copyright reform in Europe last Wednesday (12 September 2018), the long-awaited decision of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH)...more

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CJEU: Re-posting content is a “communication to the public”

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Copying an image from a website and using it for one’s own purposes, e.g. the illustration of a memo which eventually happens to be uploaded to another website – this happens a hundred times every day. However, such conduct...more

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EU Advocate General opines on legality of reuse of freely available online content

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The concept of a “communication to the public” under the InfoSoc Directive has given rise to a great many cases yet the meaning remains somewhat uncertain. In a case brought by the German Federal Court of Justice...more

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Hyperlinking in Hamburg and Prague: How national courts apply GS Media

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On 8 September 2016, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down judgment C-160/15 on the means of hyperlinking which caught quite some attention. It has become known as the GS Media decision. In essence, this CJEU...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume XI, Issue 42

SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues C&DIs on Exempt Offerings Under Rule 701 and Sales of Securities Under Rule 144(d) - On October 19, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of...more

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Leaked Playboy Photographs Case Considers How Hyperlinking Can Infringe Copyright

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has blurred the lines between primary and secondary copyright infringement in a decision concerning hyperlinks to leaked photos of a Dutch celebrity’s Playboy photoshoot. For...more

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Data Retention in the EU

I don’t often write about data protection, as it’s at the periphery of what I do. But two things prompted me to do so: First, there’s a new Banksy mural in Cheltenham that depicts spying. Second, the Grand Chamber of the CJEU...more

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