Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Briefing note on new copyright legislation in Ireland

In the Irish case of EMI v. UPC (a follow up on the EMI v. Eircom case, the judge (Charleton J) held that Irish law was incompatible with EU obligations on ensuring appropriate protections for copyright, under directive 2004/48/EC - paragraphs 137 - 138 of the ruling.

Ireland has announced legislation to remedy the alleged problem; the briefing note to the Irish parliament is interesting, and is available here.

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