Category: Commentary Elsewhere

Does embedding require permission?

“ Is there a better way to start a new week than with a new copyright case being referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)?  The answer is most probably ‘no’ when such a reference for a preliminary ruling concerns the trendy right of communication to the public. This is Case C-348/13 BestWater International, a reference from the German Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) seeking clarification as to the following: “Does the embedding, within one’s own website, of another person’s work made available to the public on a third-party website, in circumstances such as those in the main proceedings [can any German readers provide more background information?], constitute communication to the public within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC, even […]

Should We Believe in the Reassuring Nature of the Chicagoan Notion of Competition Law?

“Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Mariateresa Maggiolino, Bocconi University asks Should We Believe in the Reassuring Nature of the Chicagoan Notion of Competition Law? ABSTRACT: If we wonder about the reasons why current antitrust scholars would like to resist the…” via Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Should We Believe in the Reassuring Nature of the Chicagoan Notion of Competition Law?

Umbrella Effects

“Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Roman Inderst, University of Frankfurt; Imperial College London Frank P. Maier-Rigaud, IESEG School of Management, Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods; Lille – Economics & Management (LEM) – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Organisation…” via Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Umbrella Effects