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Hargreaves Digital Opportunity Report of intellectual property published

6 June 2011 | Mark Weston

Professor Ian Hargreaves has published his report on intellectual property rights that had been commissioned by David Cameron in November last year. His report makes ten recommendations, which include...

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European Commission sets out plans to give orphan works an online home

3 June 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission has set out plans for a new European Union Directive in which orphan works can be digitised and made available online. Orphan works are copyright works that do not have an identified...

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Google Books project dealt blow as New York court says it’s not “fair, adequate and reasonable”

1 April 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Google’s plans to scan in the world’s books and make them digitally available has been dealt a blow by a New York court. After the Google Books project was set back in 2005 by certain authors and publishers...

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Facebook criticised over new privacy settings

22 December 2009 | Mark Weston

Facebook – the social networking phenomenon – has come under fierce criticism for changing the way the privacy settings operate for users. It recently invited users to change their settings, even where...

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Latest news and views tagged digital rights

Hargreaves Digital Opportunity Report of intellectual property published

European Commission sets out plans to give orphan works an online home

Google Books project dealt blow as New York court says it’s not “fair, adequate and reasonable”

Facebook criticised over new privacy settings

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