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Campaign launched to prevent copyright infringement

8 July 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Creative Commons, a copyright group, has published a guide to help web users identify what pictures, music and videos they can post online without infringing copyright and risking enforcement action from...

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UK blank media firms may have to pay copyright levy for private copying in other EU States – Stichting de Thuiskopie v Opus Supplies Deutschland GmbH, European Court of Justice

8 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The European Court of Justice has issued a judgment that would mean that UK suppliers of blank CDs and other recording media could have to pay a copyright levy on any sales that they make into any European...

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Injunction sought to force BT to block access to pirate film website

8 July 2011 | Mark Weston

In this first action of its kind in the UK, the Motion Picture Association (MPA), the industry body representing a number of film studios, is taking action against British Telecom (BT), in its capacity...

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Business Software Alliance tightens grip on unlicensed software users

5 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The Business Software Alliance (BSA), the trade organisation for the software industry, is focusing on the North of England in an attempt to reduce intellectual property infringement by unlicensed software...

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European Commission updates counterfeit goods regulation to help rights holders better enforce rights

6 June 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission has published a proposed Regulation regarding the customs enforcement of intellectual property rights. If implemented, the Regulation would update the Counterfeit Goods Regulation...

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BT and TalkTalk to appeal Digital Economy Act High Court ruling

31 May 2011 | Mark Weston

BT and TalkTalk, the telecoms firms, recently failed in their bid to have the Digital Economy Act judicially reviewed, which was brought on the grounds that the Act failed to comply with European law....

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Google ordered by Belgian court to remove snippets and links in Google News for infringing newspapers’ copyright

14 May 2011 | Mark Weston

Google has been ordered to remove snippets of stories taken from newspapers’ websites or links to stories on those websites from its Google News service. Copiepresse, which represents the newspapers,...

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Digital Economy Act IP inquiry suspended

6 May 2011 | Mark Weston

Following the High Court's decision last week to reject an application by BT and TalkTalk to have the Digital Economy Act (DEA) judicially reviewed, the House of Commons Committee on Culture, Media and...

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Digital Economy Act judicial review challenge fails – R (on the application of BT) v BIS, High Court

28 April 2011 | Paul Gershlick

BT and TalkTalk have failed in their bid to get the Digital Economy Act judicially reviewed. The Act was rushed through just before the last Parliament broke up prior to last year’s General Election...

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ISPs, file-sharing, Europe and obligations to block illegal content

18 April 2011 | Mark Weston

A preliminary ruling has been issued on whether a national court can order an ISP to install a system for filtering and blocking electronic communications to protect intellectual property rights. Advocate...

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Latest news and views tagged copyright infringement

Campaign launched to prevent copyright infringement

UK blank media firms may have to pay copyright levy for private copying in other EU States – Stichting de Thuiskopie v Opus Supplies Deutschland GmbH, European Court of Justice

Injunction sought to force BT to block access to pirate film website

Business Software Alliance tightens grip on unlicensed software users

European Commission updates counterfeit goods regulation to help rights holders better enforce rights

BT and TalkTalk to appeal Digital Economy Act High Court ruling

Google ordered by Belgian court to remove snippets and links in Google News for infringing newspapers’ copyright

Digital Economy Act IP inquiry suspended

Digital Economy Act judicial review challenge fails – R (on the application of BT) v BIS, High Court

ISPs, file-sharing, Europe and obligations to block illegal content

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