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After BT, now Sky blocks Newzbin2

19 December 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Following its recent success in obtaining a court order for BT to block access to its users to Newzbin2, the file-sharing website,, the file-sharing website, the Motion Picture Association has asked further...

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European Court says Belgian Internet service provider does not have to block content that may infringe copyright – Scarlet v SABAM, European Court of Justice

13 December 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Scarlet, a Belgian Internet service provider, should not be required to block the content of its website users as a measure to prevent them from infringing copyright in music belonging to Sabam’s music...

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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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European Commission publishes strategy for IP rights

9 June 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Commission has published its strategy for intellectual property rights. There are some common themes with the Hargreaves Digital Opportunity Report - in particular, ensuring that the economy...

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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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Sony, pirates and Hotz stuff

8 February 2011 | Mark Weston

As an update to my story on 27 January about attempts to circumnavigate Sony's copy protection systems on its PS3 consoles (here), Computer & Video Games magazine has just published an update from...

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PlayStation is not for hacking – Sony files legal action

22 January 2011 | Mark Weston

Sony has filed proceedings in the Northern District Court of California against a number of hackers who published security codes for the PlayStation 3. The security codes effectively “sign” software,...

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Intellectual Property Office website struck down by Operation Payback

8 November 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The website of The Intellectual Property Office was down for a whole day, after it suffered a denial of service attack at the hands of Operation Payback. Operation Payback is an anonymous group dedicated...

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Could law firm sending out mass letters for copyright infringement be first to incur new £500,000 fines for serious data protection breaches?…

7 October 2010 | Mark Weston

ACS:Law may be the first business to incur the recently introduced expanded fines of up to £500,000. The controversial law firm has made its name by sending out thousands of letters to alleged peer-to-peer...

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It’s game over at level 1 for Nintendo DS mod chip importer – Nintendo v Playables and Chan, High Court

11 August 2010 | Mark Weston

Nintendo has obtained summary judgment in its claim against the importer of a mod chip product that circumvented Nintendo’s technological copy-protection measures intended to stop unlawful copies of...

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Latest news and views tagged pirated

After BT, now Sky blocks Newzbin2

European Court says Belgian Internet service provider does not have to block content that may infringe copyright – Scarlet v SABAM, European Court of Justice

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

European Commission publishes strategy for IP rights

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

Sony, pirates and Hotz stuff

PlayStation is not for hacking – Sony files legal action

Intellectual Property Office website struck down by Operation Payback

Could law firm sending out mass letters for copyright infringement be first to incur new £500,000 fines for serious data protection breaches?…

It’s game over at level 1 for Nintendo DS mod chip importer – Nintendo v Playables and Chan, High Court

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