Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Thicke and Williams crossed that blurred line

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The family of Marvin Gaye has been awarded $7.3 million by a civil jury in Los Angeles, who decided that Robin Thicke and Pharrell William...
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Tuesday, 10 March 2015

DCMA abuse results in $25,000 bill

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The reckless glory of charging in ..... In our CopyKat of the 4th March 2015 we alerted 1709 readers of the mistaken and misguided attem...
Monday, 9 March 2015

Blurred Lines - whilst we wait for the Jury to give it up ...........

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Robin Thicke’s hit, Blurred Lines , has caused controversy not only for its lyrics, but also for its musical provenance after Marvin Gay...
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Weatherley welcomes review of online copyright sanctions in the UK

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Mike Weatherley Mike Weatherley MP has welcome the UK's Intellectual Property Office's report into criminal penalties for copyr...
Friday, 6 March 2015

Copydan and fair compensation for multifunctional media: CJEU rules

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) yesterday ruled in Case C‑463/12 Copydan Båndkopi v Nokia Danmark A/S in the latest in...
Thursday, 5 March 2015

Dentist Claiming to Own Copyright in Patient’s Negative Comments about Her Misused Copyright Law

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Ben mentioned yesterday in his post this case about a dentist using copyright to suppress speech. Going to the dentist is not particularly...
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Wednesday, 4 March 2015

THE COPYCAT - takedowns, takeaways and turnarounds

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Is Aereo on the way back? Eight months after losing its legal battle with television networks , the failed watch-TV-on-the-Internet startu...
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Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Copyright Law and More

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Copyright Law and More is the catchy title of a special course that will be running at UCL, University of London from Monday 18 May to Fr...