It may be a nothing burger for US companies/persons, but the EU is fortunately not governed by US law. This is big news for us here.
It's not surprising, though, since the ECJ held in the Infopaq case that copyright (under the EU Directives) can only exist for something which is the intellectual creation of an author.
It's not big news if you know anything about Europe in relation to IP law. No one expected a different result.
It's not surprising, though, since the ECJ held in the Infopaq case that copyright (under the EU Directives) can only exist for something which is the intellectual creation of an author.