Caterina Sganga

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa

Professor of Comparative Private Law

Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33

Pisa, 56127

Italy

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1.

The Right to Take Part in Cultural Life: On Copyright and Human Rights

Wisconsin International Law Journal 27 (2010): 637-662
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 03 May 2014
Lea Bishop and Caterina Sganga
Yale University - Yale Information Society Project and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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human rights, cultural rights, free culture, Article 15, ICESCR, socio-economic rights, copyright, intellectual property, digital culture

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A Decade of Fair Balance Doctrine, and How to Fix It: Copyright Versus Fundamental Rights Before the CJEU from Promusicae to Funke Medien, Pelham and Spiegel Online

European Intellectual Property Review (n.11/2019)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2023
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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EU Copyright, Fair Balance, Proportionality, Article 17 CFREU, Fundamental Rights, Horizontal Effects, Essence

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The Notion of 'Work' in EU Copyright Law After Levola Hengelo: One Answer Given, Three Question Marks Ahead

European Intellectual Property Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 Feb 2019
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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EU Copyright Law, Infosoc Directive, Infopaq, Harmonization, Protected Works, Sensory Copyright

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Digital Exhaustion after Tom Kabinet: A Non-exhausted Debate

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Digital Exhaustion after Tom Kabinet: A Non-exhausted Debate

In T.Synodinou et al (eds.), EU Internet Law in the Digital Single Market, Springer, 2021
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Mar 2021
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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Digital exhaustion, exhaustion, CJEU, EU copyright, UsedSoft, Tom Kabinet, WCT, Article 4 InfoSoc, copyright balance, CFREU, fundamental rights

Digital Exhaustion After Tom Kabinet: A Non-Exhausted Debate

in Tatiana Synodinou et al (eds), EU Internet Law in the Digital Single Market, Springer, 2021, 35 ff.
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Oct 2023
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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digital exhaustion, exhaustion, CJEU, EU copyright, UsedSoft, Tom Kabinet, WIPO copyright Treaty, Article 4 InfoSoc, copyright balance, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, fundamental rights, economics of copyright, e-books

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Copyright Flexibilities: Mapping and Comparative Assessment of Eu and National Sources

Number of pages: 660 Posted: 18 Jan 2023
Caterina Sganga, Magali Contardi, Pelin Turan, Camilla Signoretta, Giorgia Bucaria, Péter Mezei and István Harkai
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa, Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna, Independent, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa, Independent, University of Szeged, Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Theory; Vytautas Magnus University - Faculty of Law and University of Szeged Faculty of Law and Political Sciences - Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Theory
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End-users; exceptions and limitations; EU copyright law; CDSM Directive; Marrakesh Directive; disability; three-step-test; public domain; CJEU; end-user license agreements; legal mapping; harmonization; intermediaries; online content-sharing service providers; fundamental rights

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Oops, I Sampled Again… The Meaning of ‘Pastiche’ as an Autonomous Concept under EU Copyright Law

55(8) IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 2024 (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Jun 2024
Péter Mezei, Bernd Justin Jütte, Caterina Sganga and Léo Pascault
University of Szeged, Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Theory; Vytautas Magnus University - Faculty of Law, University College Dublin - Sutherland School of Law, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa and Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), Sciences Po Law School
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pastiche, sampling, Pelham v. Hütter, CJEU, autonomous concept

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A Plea for Digital Exhaustion in EU Copyright Law

JIPITEC 9(3), 2018, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 Nov 2018
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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digital exhaustion, exhaustion, CJEU, EU copyright, UsedSoft, Tom Kabinet, WCT, Article 4 InfoSoc, copyright balance, CFREU, fundamental rights, Erschöpfungsgrundsatz, Verbreitungsrecht, e-books

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From Abuse of Right to European Copyright Misuse: A New Doctrine for EU Copyright Law

International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC), 2017, vol. 48(4), pp.405-435
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2018
Caterina Sganga, Silvia Scalzini and Silvia Scalzini
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa and affiliation not provided to SSRNUniversity of Parma
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EU Copyright Law, Copyright Misuse, Proportionality, Fair Balance, Freedom of Contract, Fundamental Rights

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Right to Culture and Copyright: Participation and Access

in C.Geiger (ed.), “Research Handbook on Human Rights and Intellectual Property”, Edward Elgar, 2015, pp. 560-576
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 May 2015
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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Article 15, ICESCR, copyright, access to knowledge, right to take part in cultural life, human rights, General Comment n.15, General Comment n.21

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A New Era for EU Copyright Exceptions and Limitations? Judicial Flexibility and Legislative Discretion in the Aftermath of the CDSM Directive and the Trio of the Grand Chamber of the CJEU

ERA Forum, vol.21, 2020, pp.311-339
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2023
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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EU copyright, exceptions, limitations, fundamental rights, Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive,CDSMD, CJEU, harmonisation, Funke Medien, Pelham, Spiegel Online, Text and data mining, digital preservation, cross-border teaching, Digital preservation, Cross-border teaching

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The Need for a More Balanced Policy Approach for Digital Exhaustion – A Critical Review of the Tom Kabinet and ReDigi Judgments

In: Péter Mezei - Hannibal Travis - Anett Pogácsás (eds.): Harmonizing Intellectual Property Law for a Trans-Atlantic Knowledge Economy, Brill, 2024, p. 133-153.
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 25 Jun 2023
Péter Mezei and Caterina Sganga
University of Szeged, Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Theory; Vytautas Magnus University - Faculty of Law and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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exhaustion, first sale doctrine, ReDigi, Tom Kabinet, policy considerations

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The Right of Reproduction

E.Rosati (ed), Research Handbook on EU Copyright Law, Routledge, 2021 (Ch.6)
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Mar 2021
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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Article 2 InfoSoc Directive, Article 4 Software Directive, Article 5 Dabatase Directive CJEU, harmonization, partial reproduction, temporary reproduction, exceptions, WCT, WPPT and limitations

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Say Nay to a Tastier Copyright: Why the CJEU Should Deny Copyright Protection to Tastes (and Smells)

Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Nov 2018
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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sensory copyright, EU copyright, harmonization, CJEU, protected work, originality, Infopaq, perfumes, recipes

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Propertizing European Copyright. History, Challenges and Opportunities (Introduction and Chapter 1)

Propertizing European Copyright. History, Challenges and Opportunities, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018 (pp.336)
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Mar 2018
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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EU copyright, Harmonization, Propertization, EU property law, Copyright history, Philosophy of copyright, Social function, Constitutional property, Article 17 CFREU, Copyright balance, Exceptions, Three-step test, Scope of exclusive rights, Co-ownership, Abuse of copyright

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The Many Metamorphoses of Related Rights in EU Copyright Law: Unintended Consequences or Inevitable Developments?

Forthcoming in GRUR Int., 10/2021
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Apr 2021
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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neighboring rights, sui generis right, press publishers right, ancillary copyright, CJEU, harmonization

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Public E-Lending and the CJEU: Chronicle of a Missed Revolution Foretold

Opinio Juris in Comparatione, vol.1, 1/2016, n.2
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2018
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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e-lending, e-books, UsedSoft, digital exhaustion, Directive 2006/115, public lending, exceptions, Vereniging Openbare Bibliotheken

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Sui Generis Protection of Non-Creative Databases

in E.Bonadio, P. Goold (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Investment-Driven Intellectual Property, Cambridge University Press, 2023, pp.27-53
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Oct 2023
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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Database Directive, sui generis right, harmonization, CJEU case law, copyright balance, data property, substantial investment, extraction, reutilization

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The New Italian Press Publishers’ Right: Creative, Fairness-Oriented… and Invalid?

Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 17, 2022, 1747-1532
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 08 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2023
Caterina Sganga and Magali Contardi
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa and Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna
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Copyright in the Digital Single Market, Article 15 CDSMD, press publishers' right, Italian copyright law, invalidity

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Disability, Right to Culture and Copyright: Which Regulatory Option?

International Review of Law, Computers & Technology, Vol. 29, No. 2-3, 2015, 88-115
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2017
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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Access to knowledge, access to and participation in cultural life, Article 15 ICESCR, UNCRPD, UNCRPD Reports, Marrakesh Treaty, exceptions and limitations, General Comment no. 15, General Comment no. 21, DAISY, TIGAR, trusted intermediaries, ETIN

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Smart Urban Mobility: A Positive or Negative IP Space? A Case Study to Test the Role of IP in Fostering Digital Data-Driven Innovation

Forthcoming in Michèle Finck, Matthias Lamping, Valentina Moscon and Heiko Richter (eds), Smart Urban Mobility. Law Regulation and Policy (Springer, MPI Studies on Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 2020)
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 07 Apr 2020
Giulia Priora and Caterina Sganga
NOVA School of Law Lisbon and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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Digital innovation, open innovation, smart city, smart urban mobility, IP law, IP negative space, knockoff economy

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The Eloquent Silence of Soulier and Doke and Its Critical Implications for EU Copyright Law

Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 2017, vol.12, no.4, pp.321-330
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2018
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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Out-Of-Commerce Works, Orphan Works, Extended Collective Licensing, Collective Management, Express Consent, Right of Reproduction, Right of Communication to the Public, Mass Digitization, Exceptions, Limitations

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Opinion of the European Copyright Society on CG and YN v Pelham GmbH and Others, Case C-590/23 (Pelham II)

Number of pages: 14
Péter Mezei, Martin Senftleben, Caterina Sganga and Christophe Geiger
University of Szeged, Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Theory; Vytautas Magnus University - Faculty of Law, Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa and Luiss Guido Carli University
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From Soulier to the EU Copyright Law Reform: What Future for Non-Voluntary Collective Management Schemes?

ERA Forum, 1/2018, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Feb 2018
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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Mandatory collective management, extended collective licenses, Soulier and Doke, Collective Management Directive, proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market

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Disability in EU Copyright Law

D.Ferri, A.Broderick (eds), Research Handbook on EU Disability Law (Edward Elgar, 2020), pp.201-220
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 15 Mar 2021
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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disability, EU copyright, accessibility, accessible format, copyright exceptions, InfoSoc Directive, human rights, UNCRPD, Marrakesh Treaty, Marrakesh Directive, Marrakesh Regulation

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Multilevel Constitutionalism and the Propertization of EU Copyright: An Even Higher Protection or a New Structural Limitation?

T.Mylly – J.Griffiths (eds), Global Intellectual Property Protection and New Constitutionalism: Hedging Exclusive Rights, Oxford University Press, 2021
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Mar 2021
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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propertization, EU copyright, property, harmonization, CJEU, Article 17 CFREU, constitutionalization, social function, horizontal effects, fundamental rights

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When Harmonisation Leads to Fragmentation (and Potential Invalidity Claims): Snapshots from the Implementation of the New Press Publishers’ Right

European Intellectual Property Review, 44(8), 2022, 472-482
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Oct 2023
Caterina Sganga and Magali Contardi
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa and Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna
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EU copyright, harmonization, press publishers' right, Article 15 CDSMD, Copyright in the Digital Single Market, invalidity

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Cracking the Citadel Walls: A Functional Approach to Cosmopolitan Property Models within and Beyond National Property Regimes

Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law (3): 770-794 (2014)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 01 May 2015
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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Property law, cosmopolitanism, human rights, virtual property

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The Role of Copyright History in Casting Out the Demons of Copyright Propertization

Annuario di Diritto Comparato e di Studi Legislativi, vol. XI, 2020, pp.567-610
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 15 Mar 2021
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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droit d’auteur, copyright, Urheberrecht, property, propertization

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Does Copyright Ease Inclusivity of Differently Able Individuals?

Cristiana Sappa (ed), Research Handbook on IPRs and Inclusivity, Edward Elgar, 2024 Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 18 Oct 2023
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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disability, WIPO Marrakesh Treaty, accessibility, right to culture, exceptions and limitations, EU copyright harmonization

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EU Copyright Law between Property and Fundamental Rights: A Proposal to Connect the Dots

in R.Caso - F.Giovanella, "Balancing Copyright Law in the Digital Age. Comparative Perspectives", Springer, 2015, pp. 1-26
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 May 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2018
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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EU copyright law, fundamental rights, propertization, constitutional property, fair balance, Article 17 ECFR

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The Protection of Works of Applied Art under EU Copyright Law Opinion of the European Copyright Society in MIO/konektra

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Dec 2024
Lionel A. F. Bently, Estelle Derclaye, Caterina Sganga, Alexander Peukert, Thomas Margoni and Tatiana Synodinou
University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Nottingham, School of Law, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa, Goethe University Frankfurt - Faculty of Law, Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP), Faculty of Law - KU Leuven and University of Cyprus
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Court of Justice of the European Union, Referral, Copyright, Designs and design rights, Works of applied art and industrial design

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Is There Still a Policy Agenda for EU Copyright Law?

International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC), - online first on 1 August 2023, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 Oct 2023
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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EU copyright, harmonization, data regulation, InfoSoc Directive, Marrakesh Directive, Orphan works Directive, Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive, consolidation of the acquis, reform proposals

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Towards a More Socially Oriented EU Copyright Law. A Soft Paradigm Shift after Lisbon?

D.Ferri, F.Cortese (eds), The EU Social Market Economy and the Law. Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Challenges for the EU, Routledge, 2018
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 01 Apr 2021
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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Systematizing and Rebalancing EU Copyright Through the Lens of Property

Opinio Juris in Comparatione, 1/2017, pp.1-28
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Feb 2018
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
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EU copyright law, Harmonization, Propertization, EU property law, Social function, Constitutional property, Article 17 CFREU, Copyright balance, Exceptions, Three-step test, Scope of exclusive rights, Co-ownership, Abuse of copyright

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Database Protection

in G.Comandé (ed), Encyclopedia of Law and Data Science, Edward Elgar, 2022, 98-104
Posted: 19 Oct 2023
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa

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EU database law, sui generis right, data science, artificial intelligence, originality, substantial investment, US database law

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Copyright

in G.Comandé (ed), Encyclopedia of Law and Data Science, Edward Elgar, 2022, 83
Posted: 26 Sep 2023
Caterina Sganga
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa

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copyright, international copyright law, copyright history, data science, artificial intelligence, text and data mining, AI-generated works