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January 28, 2015
Pirate Party MEP Julia Reda, who this month published a report on copyright for the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, wants greater transparency about political lobbying. Is your company on her list?
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January 19, 2015
A series of recommendations to reform copyright law in the European Union has been published by Julia Reda, Pirate Party MEP and rapporteur for the Legal Affairs Committee, ahead of a vote by all MEPs later this year
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October 14, 2014
Mr Justice Arnold, the senior IP judge in the High Court, has called for a committee to be set up to fundamentally review UK copyright law
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September 01, 2014
Legislators and courts all over the world are grappling with the challenge that new technology poses to copyright norms. James Nurton summarises the latest developments and examines why some feel reform is vital
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August 01, 2014
The UK Parliament approved copyright exceptions for private copying for personal use, quotation and parody on July 29
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June 02, 2014
The government says that the exceptions will benefit a range of people
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June 27, 2014
China’s State Council is seeking comments on the newest draft revision to the Copyright Law
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July 25, 2014
The European Commission’s Internal Market and Services Directorate has published a report on its recent copyright consultation, which ran from December 2013 to March this year
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November 04, 2013
The IP Office of Singapore seeks comments on proposed amendments to the copyright law as Singapore looks to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty
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June 27, 2014
Hugh Hansen used the annual Sir Hugh Laddie memorial lecture at University College London this week to attack academics who would limit copyright
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June 07, 2013
Technological neutrality is a “highly relevant†consideration as the government looks for ways to update its copyright laws
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February 27, 2014
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June 27, 2014
On June 25 the Supreme Court held that internet service Aereo infringes broadcasters' copyright by performing their works publicly. We have collected some of the best responses from Twitter and the web
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June 26, 2014
The Supreme Court’s verdict in the ABC v Aereo copyright case has been welcomed by intellectual property and copyright associations, but others are sceptical about the Court’s belief that its “limited holding” will not affect cloud computing
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June 25, 2014
In a ruling that Justice Antonin Scalia predicted in a dissent “will sow confusion for years to come”, the Supreme Court has reversed the Second Circuit in the ABC v Aereo copyright case in a 6-3 ruling
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February 26, 2014
The Court of Justice has published its decision in the controversial Svensson case over hyperlinking. Ted Shapiro discusses the implications of the ruling and what it means for copyright owners
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June 05, 2014
Copies on a user’s computer screen and on the internet cache on the hard disk may be made without the authorisation of the copyright holders, the Court of Justice of the EU has confirmed in its ruling in the so-called Meltwater case
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July 11, 2014
The Ninth Circuit has amended its controversial decision in Garcia v Google, standing by its original ruling but saying the district court could still address issues raised in the interim
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March 14, 2014
Google filing a petition for a rehearing of Innocence of Muslims case, Pfizer having a blockbuster patent invalidated, US patent litigation filings slowing and the EU looking to clamp down on the use of cheese names were among the intellectual property stories hitting the headlines this week
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February 28, 2014
A Ninth Circuit decision in Garcia v Google has shocked copyright practitioners, who warn its impact could be vast. Judge Alex Kozinski this week ruled that the film “The Innocence of Muslims” violated actor Cindy Garcia’s copyright, and that Google must remove it from YouTube
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November 15, 2013
Google won its eight-year copyright battle with the Authors Guild on Thursday, after a judge said the search engine’s mass book scanning project falls under the fair use exemption
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February 13, 2014
Internet users in Europe can breathe a sigh of relief after the CJEU ruled in the Svensson case that the 2001 EU Copyright Directive does not prevent websites from hyperlinking to freely available content
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May 30, 2014
The UK government has today published its response to a public consultation on plans for a licensing scheme for orphan copyright works
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July 09, 2013
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June 07, 2012
Broadcasters, libraries and museums will be able to digitise certain types of orphan works - such as photos, films and poems - without rights holders’ consent, after European politicians agreed a deal this week