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ISPs seek judicial ruling over legality of Digital Economy Act

21 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

BT and Talk Talk – the Internet service providers – have asked the High Court to provide a ruling as to whether the Digital Economy Act is unlawful. They complain that the Act was scrambled through...

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Alleged file-sharers face crackdown from Ministry of Sound

20 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Ministry of Sound has sent 2,000 letters out to people who it alleges have unlawfully infringed its copyright by downloading or uploading its tracks without permission. The letters ask for compensation...

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Information Commissioner issues code of practice for online behavioural advertising

20 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s data protection regulator – has issued a code of practice dealing with online behavioural advertising issues. Online behavioural advertising refers...

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ECJ gives guidance to objecting to use of trade marks in keywords – Portakabin v Primakabin, European Court of Justice

20 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Court of Justice has given guidance as to when registered trade mark owners can complain about the use of their marks by people who bid for them to appear high up search engine results. In...

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Information Commissioner calls for prison sentences for data breaches, as data complaints to the regulator rise

16 July 2010 | Mark Weston

Christopher Graham, the Information Commissioner, has called for prison sentences to deter the illegal sale and purchase of people’s data. Graham, who is in charge of regulating data in the UK, said...

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British record industry tells Google to stop having links to unauthorised music

2 July 2010 | Mark Weston

The BPI – the body representing the UK record industry – has written a letter to Google requiring them to remove links to web sites that contain unauthorised music. Although Google initially has a...

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Google not liable for copyright infringement by YouTube users

1 July 2010 | Mark Weston

Google has fended off a US$1 billion lawsuit brought against it by entertainment giant Viacom and other content providers, who claimed that the online services giant should be liable for the unauthorised...

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Goods with label saying ‘Not For Sale’ and ‘Demonstration’ could not be sold in EEA without owner’s consent – Coty Prestige v Simex Trading, European Court of Justice

11 June 2010 | Mark Weston

Coty made and marketed perfumes under its trade marks such as Lancaster and Joop! It used a selective distribution system to sell those goods. Simex was not an authorised seller but it had provided goods...

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Arguments of being innocent host in copyright infringement case sent to bin – Twentieth Century Fox v Newzbin, High Court

8 April 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The operators of the Newzbin web site – which provided helpful tools to enable people to share unauthorised content such as films – infringed the copyright owners’ content in providing that service...

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Entertainment value really hots up in on-going YouTube / Viacom spat

24 March 2010 | Mark Weston

The gloves have certainly come off in the legal spat between YouTube and Viacom. Viacom – the owner of masses of media and entertainment content – is suing the popular video-sharing web site in the...

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Latest input tagged unauthorised

ISPs seek judicial ruling over legality of Digital Economy Act

Alleged file-sharers face crackdown from Ministry of Sound

Information Commissioner issues code of practice for online behavioural advertising

ECJ gives guidance to objecting to use of trade marks in keywords – Portakabin v Primakabin, European Court of Justice

Information Commissioner calls for prison sentences for data breaches, as data complaints to the regulator rise

British record industry tells Google to stop having links to unauthorised music

Google not liable for copyright infringement by YouTube users

Goods with label saying ‘Not For Sale’ and ‘Demonstration’ could not be sold in EEA without owner’s consent – Coty Prestige v Simex Trading, European Court of Justice

Arguments of being innocent host in copyright infringement case sent to bin – Twentieth Century Fox v Newzbin, High Court

Entertainment value really hots up in on-going YouTube / Viacom spat

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