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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 gained approval by the... [09 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News Viacom, owner of movie studio Paramount and MTV Networks, requested the information as part of its $1bn copyright infringement lawsuit against the popular online video service and its deep-pocketed parent, Google. [04 Jul 2008]
Point and Click Your Way to a Copyright Infringement
White Paper Copyright law is a murky issue, filled with ambiguity and complexity. A copyright gives authors or artists the legal right to exclude others from using their works. But how does a law, written decades ago, affect cyberspace? [03 Jul 2008]
Software Piracy and the Law
White Paper And like most creative works, such as books, music and films, computer software is protected by U.S.copyright laws. And they are breaking the law. Most people would never consider stealing something that did not belong to them. [03 Jul 2008]
Employee E-mail and Internet Risks: Policy Guidelines and Investigations
White Paper Companies may face claims of discrimination or sexual harassment arising from their employees’ sexual, racial, or otherwise threatening or harassing e-mails or Internet graphics or messages, as well as for defamation, copyright infringement, fraud... [03 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 seriously. At the moment, in 22 out of 27 European member states... [18 Jun 2008]
Publishers demand up to €49m from Google
News A group representing Belgian newspaper publishers is demanding Google pay it up to €49m in damages related to a lawsuit alleging the search giant linked to and cached their news stories in violation of copyright law. [28 May 2008]
New Copyright Law for Distance Education: The Meaning and Importance of the TEACH Act
White Paper The new law is a benefit, but also a burden. Implementing the law and enjoying its benefits will be possible only with concerted action by many parties within the educational institution. Educators should seek to implement the TEACH Act, but they... [10 Apr 2008]
Microsoft strikes back at open source critics
News Knowlton wrote: "As far as we are concerned we are happy to extend the OSP to implementers who distribute their code under any copyright license including the GPL. The [Open Specification Promise] FAQ just states what everyone knows and... [18 Mar 2008]
Legal Eye: Is it wise to hit ISPs over file-sharing?
Comment Culture secretary Andy Burnham clearly thinks the spread of online piracy dangerously undermines the entertainment industries and dilutes the value of copyright law. Quite apart from posing a potential contradiction to wider privacy and data... [22 Feb 2008]
Publisher purges thousands of unlicensed fonts
Case Study He said: "Alarm bells started ringing when we saw other publishers punished for breaching copyright. The problem was a general lack of awareness of the copyright laws surrounding fonts and the concept of fonts as intellectual property. [22 Feb 2008]
Legal Eye: Scrabble-Facebook row spells trouble
Comment The openness of social media, and social networks in particular, presents copyright and other IP challenges in an area that has a paucity of case law to draw on. Application of copyright in the digital landscape. [29 Jan 2008]
Hillary Clinton talks tech
News Strong copyright protections and efforts to stem piracy are critical to ensuring that our technology industries remain competitive in the global market. Knowing where the candidates stand on high-tech topics like digital copyright, surveillance and... [03 Jan 2008]
Copyright Conundrum - Liability of ISPs for Online Copyright Infringement
White Paper This paper examines the potential liability of ISPs under Australian law for acts of online copyright infringement by their subscribers, both before and after the implementation of the U.S.Australia Free Trade Agreement. [24 Oct 2007]
Lawrence Lessig
AS Profile With digital media transforming the copyright debate, Lessig is the man revolutionising the copyright law for the new online era. Lawrence Lessig is a longstanding Agenda Setter, famed for his pre-eminent thinking on cyber law. [12 Oct 2007]
