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Doing business with citizen developers: Beware the legal pitfalls
Comment Under English law, when commissioning software, copyright in the work will normally rest with the commissioned developer unless it is assigned. Mark Crichard is a partner in technology and sourcing at... [23 Nov 2009]
IPR and the Digital Revolution
White Paper Special powers of controlling copyright works may be appropriate for small businesses that are inappropriate for larger ones who have effective access to law to protect their interests. This inherently... [12 Nov 2009]
Christian Engström
AS Profile The party, which campaigns on the issue of copyright and patent law reform, won a Swedish seat in the European Parliament during the recent round of elections. For Engström it is his latest move in his... [08 Oct 2009]
Amazon steps up Google Books criticism with court filing
News Amazon wants US Congress to intervene in the dispute over fair-use provisions in copyright laws, saying the use of a class-action settlement to obtain these rights "represents an unprecedented rewriting of... [03 Sep 2009]
EU: Authors - we need you. What do you think of Google books?
News European Commission officials will meet with copyright holders on 7 September to discuss the search giant's $125m proposed settlement with US publishers and authors granting Google the right to digitise and publish books... [21 Jul 2009]
'Europe needs its own clouds to fight US domination'
News Reding warned that a failure to reform European copyright laws on orphan works and libraries would see Europe falling behind the US in the digitisation of content. She identified some short-term goals, calling again for... [09 Jul 2009]
Critics slam Digital Britain over file-sharers and tax plans
News Robin Fry, a copyright expert at law firm Beachcroft, said Digital Britain's anti-file-sharing proposals showed the government is "floored" by what to do. Such a fair-use provision would acknowledge... [18 Jun 2009]
'Apple-clone' bankruptcy protection filing: Less cash for Apple?
News Under normal circumstances, when a defendant in a copyright infringement case files for bankruptcy protection, the copyright case is terminated and there is a hearing held in the context of the... [27 May 2009]
IP infringement fines to rise
News Respondents were presented with three options: to maintain the current maximum fine, to increase the maximum fine for copyright infringement, or to increase the maximum fine for all intellectual-property infringement. [07 May 2009]
Does Pirate Bay verdict spell trouble for Google?
Comment Last week's verdict that the four founders of The Pirate Bay file-sharing website were guilty of helping to make copyright-protected content available to others marked a major milestone in online litigation. [28 Apr 2009]
Apple's 'private' route to resolve 'Mac clone' dispute
News Apple sued Psystar earlier this year for copyright infringement after Psystar began selling low-cost Open Computers with Mac OS X preinstalled. Psystar has never appeared to have a lot of resources to use on its behalf,... [21 Oct 2008]
Legal Eye: Do we need GPLv3?
Comment In essence, copyleft is a complete reversal of traditional copyright values where the law sees software as a literary work under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.... [15 Oct 2008]
Brampton Factor: Open source stands up for its rights
Comment Kamind argued that because Jacobsen gave away the software, he could not enforce his copyright, even though Kamind acknowledged that Jacobsen was the copyright owner. The Appeal Court recognised these... [01 Sep 2008]
EU law to end file-sharers time online?
News One of the authors of the amendments, the British Conservative MEP Malcolm Harbour, told the BBC on Tuesday that the amendments "have nothing to do with copyright enforcement". The 'telecoms package', which on Monday... [09 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment In January 2008, the government published plans for reform of UK copyright law. Rumblings from the EU about the controversial copyright levy suggest this thorny issue is being taken... [18 Jun 2008]
