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Legal Eye: Do we need GPLv3?
Comment The termination provisions are also made clearer and are now automatic instead of requiring a notice from a copyright holder. Technological access and advancement vs copyright integrity... [15 Oct 2008]
Brampton Factor: Open source stands up for its rights
Comment These do not require the aggrieved copyright holder to show they have lost specific amounts, so Jacobsen was able to slap a sizable bill on Kamind. Kamind argued that because Jacobsen gave away the... [01 Sep 2008]
Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment If a member state's copyright laws allow for private copying of already-bought material, the Copyright Directive 2001/29 demands that "adequate compensation" be made to the rights... [18 Jun 2008]
Off-Line Economies for Digital Media
White Paper The key objective is to enable an arbitrary user of specific digital content to resell it to other users in an off-line peer-to-peer manner so that part of the proceeds goes to content's copyright holder. [23 May 2007]
Google to resume book scanning "soon"...
News That effort avoids the sticky copyright debate by restricting the search capabilities to books that are in the public domain, unless the copyright holder gives permission. The search... [04 Nov 2005]
Microsoft joins the book search bandwagon
News Although Google says it will offer only a few sentences from books that are copyright-protected, unless the copyright holder gives permission to show more, the lawsuits allege that... [26 Oct 2005]
Linux group raises spam warning over piracy charge
News Linux Australia President Pia Smith said that the MPAA had issued the organisation a notice of claimed infringement, demanding that the group cease providing access to two copyrighted movies - one called Grind and the other Twisted - and... [21 Sep 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Patents are killing software innovation
Comment While IBM, the biggest holder of IT patents, is holding back on obtaining more, Microsoft is making aggressive threats about patenting its developments. Software was long thought to be suitable for protection by... [31 Aug 2004]
Copyright and Distance Education
White Paper The Copyright Law of 1976 established the rights of the copyright holder as well as providing for the use of copyrighted materials, especially in educational settings. In order to comply... [25 Feb 2004]
'Draconian' anti-piracy heads for EU vote
News When the IP enforcement proposal was first introduced in January 2003, it drew a "dismayed" reaction from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and other copyright-holder... [20 Feb 2004]
Kazaa HQ, Oz universities raided in piracy crackdown
News MIPI obtained an Anton Pilar order - which allows a copyright holder to enter a premises to search for and seize material that breaches copyright without alerting the target through... [06 Feb 2004]
P2P downloading is legal, says Canada
News Copyright holder groups such as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) had already been critical of Canada's copyright laws, in large part because the country has not... [15 Dec 2003]
Green light for controversial European patent law
News When the proposal was first introduced in January, it drew a "dismayed" reaction from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and other copyright-holder lobbyists, which called... [28 Nov 2003]
Vote on EU intellectual property law delayed by opponents
News When the proposal was first introduced in January, it drew a "dismayed" reaction from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and other copyright-holder lobbyists, which called... [19 Nov 2003]
UK file-swappers face two years in jail
News The Copyright Directorate, a Patent Office department, had a deadline of 22 December last year to implement the European Copyright Directive (EUCD) of 2001, but delayed doing so several times under... [08 Oct 2003]
