Lessons from Copyright Practice for EU Copyright Reform

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Lessons from Copyright Practice  
for EU Copyright Reform
Leonhard Dobusch 
University of Innsbruck
Digital Europe Working...

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Copyright in the Books

(1) Rights clearing in each individual case
(2) Prohibition of registration requirements
(3) Ever longer protection terms
...

Using a copyrighted
work…
…on a private, not-for-
proﬁt website 
(e.g., personal blog)
…for private purpose on
a commercia...

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Copyright in Action

Forty-four per cent of all internet users
aged 12+ claimed to be either ‘not
particularly conﬁdent’ or ‘not at all’
conﬁde...

DO COPYRIGHT EXPERTS KNOW?

Illegal in spite of non-infringing practices?
A&M Records v. Napster  
(2001)
Arista v. LimeWire  
(2010)

Legal in spite of infringing practices?
Viacom v. YouTube  
(2007)

3%
3%
4%
5%
5%
5%
6%
12%
32%
53%
0% 25% 50%
N.B.: Survey predates launch of Apple Music
PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET ADULTS, PAS...

YouTube as a Music Library
Source: Heald, P.J. (2013): How Copyright Keeps Works Disappeared,  
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2...

Enforcement and Monetization

(1) Rights clearing in each individual case
(2) Prohibition of registration requirements
(3) Ever longer protection terms
...

(1) One Stop Shop
(2) Mandatory registration*
(3) Use it or lose it*
Copyright in Action aka »Googleright«
*Aside from hig...

»Googleright« in the Press Publisher's Case in Germany
Press publisher's ancillary right often referred to  
as a "Lex Goo...

»Googleright« and the Right to Link
2016: ECJ in GS Media v Sanoma (C-160/15):
The linker is presumed to know about
infrin...

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Lessons for Copyright Reform

Art. 11 on new »press publishers' right«
not only negatively affect freedom of expression and
information, but also distor...

Art. 13 on »upload filters«
"serious risks of
contrasts with the
Charter of Fundamental
Rights as well as with
copyright e...

This is the reality of reform proposals seeking to
expand copyright strength and scope:
As much as large incumbents such a...

(1) Without reform, Google wins.
(2) With stricter copyright, Google wins.
(3) »Googleright« shows direction for copyright...

Using a copyrighted
work…
…on a private, not-for-
proﬁt website 
(e.g., personal blog)
…for private purpose on
a commercia...

THANK YOU!
E-mail:  
Leonhard.Dobusch@uibk.ac.at
!
Twitter:
@leonidobusch
!
Websites: 
bit.ly/LD_UIBK // www.dobusch.net
!...

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