Saturday, 4 December 2010

Ignorance of the Law, an Excuse?

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Throughout my childhood my father used to tell me, “Ignorance is no excuse for the law.”  It didn’t matter whether I was jaywalking or learn...
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Viacom lodge Google appeal

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Viacom will appealed in the $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit it brought against Google's YouTube in 2007, which a federal judg...

The Gaga Files: German hackers face trial

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Two young German computer hackers have been accused of stealing pre-release recordings from artists including Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake,...

Machinima – mixed messages about alternate universes

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If your copyright is infringed, you can object, ignore or approve. ‘Machinima’ are homemade movies put together using imagery from computer-...
Friday, 3 December 2010

OHIM is becoming a ‘true IP agency’

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The President of OHIM delivered a speech at the Brussels IP 2010 summit today setting out his vision of transforming OHIM into a ‘true IP ag...
Thursday, 2 December 2010

The Internet, it’s a Copyright Feature, Not a Bug

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Looked at in terms of copyright, the Digital World was perceived as a bug . The ease of copying led to rampant infringement that harmed c...
Tuesday, 30 November 2010

(over the) Pond Life

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The U.S. government has seized control of dozens of websites it says are offering unauthorized copyrighted or counterfeit content. The Depar...
Sunday, 28 November 2010

How originality is reinventing itself

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On Friday Mrs Justice Proudman handed down her judgment in NLA v Meltwater and PRCA , [2010] EWHC 3099 (Ch) , a judgment that examines the w...