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ECJ playing catchup on copyright – ITV Broadcasting and others v TV Catchup, High Court

19 August 2011 | Simon Weinberg

TV Catchup (TVC) operates a website on which users can watch live television on computers, smartphones or games consoles. TVC streams programmes to users by means of a number of servers, which each creates...

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Star Wars in the Supreme Court, the result – Lucasfilm v Ainsworth, Supreme Court

5 August 2011 | Mark Weston

Background Andrew Ainsworth (AA) was hired in 1976 by Lucasfilm (L) to make ‘Stormtrooper’ helmets and armour for the film ‘Star Wars’ which was released in 1977 (later renamed ‘Star Wars:...

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Court of Appeal rules end-users need licence to access online news service – Newspaper Licensing Agency v Meltwater Holding, Court of Appeal

4 August 2011 | Mark Weston

The Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) manages the intellectual property rights of its members (generally publishers of national newspapers) by licensing newspaper content and collecting licence fees. Meltwater...

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Music body wants green light to clear online legitimacy traffic signals

26 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The Performing Rights Society for Music has called on search engines to offer a traffic light service under which Internet users could see whether a music site they were going to was supporting legitimately...

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Google ends suspension of links to Belgian newspapers’ websites after agreeing basis of copyright infringement action

25 July 2011 | Mark Weston

Google has agreed to allow Belgian newspapers to be listed on search results generated by its search engine after the newspapers had claimed that Google had been unnecessarily aggressive in removing them....

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European Commission consults on EU-wide copyright licensing system

23 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Commission is consulting on its plans to create an EU-wide copyright licensing system in which copyright owners would make their works available across borders in exchange for payments through...

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Court orders BT to impose filter to stop its users having access to unauthorised film-sharing site – Twentieth Century Fox v BT, High Court

22 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The High Court has for the first time ordered an Internet service provider to block its users from accessing a website that contained copyright-infringing material. In a previous legal action, several...

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Italian court says Yahoo! Does not need to remove links to infringing site

19 July 2011 | Mark Weston

An Italian court has denied a claim made by a distributor of an Iranian film called “About Elly” that Yahoo! should remove search results that provide links to infringing copies of the film. The judge...

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Life on the edge fails – Future Publishing Ltd v The Edge Interactive Media Inc, High Court

10 July 2011 | Mark Weston

FP distributed a computer gaming magazine, called ‘Edge’, which had a distinctive logo for its title. One of the defendant companies owned ‘Edge’ trade marks for goods in class 16 (books, paper,...

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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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Latest news and views tagged copyright

ECJ playing catchup on copyright – ITV Broadcasting and others v TV Catchup, High Court

Star Wars in the Supreme Court, the result – Lucasfilm v Ainsworth, Supreme Court

Court of Appeal rules end-users need licence to access online news service – Newspaper Licensing Agency v Meltwater Holding, Court of Appeal

Music body wants green light to clear online legitimacy traffic signals

Google ends suspension of links to Belgian newspapers’ websites after agreeing basis of copyright infringement action

European Commission consults on EU-wide copyright licensing system

Court orders BT to impose filter to stop its users having access to unauthorised film-sharing site – Twentieth Century Fox v BT, High Court

Italian court says Yahoo! Does not need to remove links to infringing site

Life on the edge fails – Future Publishing Ltd v The Edge Interactive Media Inc, High Court

Campaign launched to prevent copyright infringement

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