3 September 2020CopyrightRory O'Neill

Copyright-protected works can be used as evidence, says AG

Litigants should not be liable for submitting copyright-protected material in evidence to a court, an adviser to the EU’s top court has said.

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Copyright-protected works can be used as evidence, says AG

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