The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK ISPs, court rules – BBC News
“File-sharing site The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK internet service providers, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 30th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: copyright
Copyright exceptions will not deliver anticipated economic growth, licensing bodies say – OUT-LAW.com
“Writing exceptions to copyright into UK law will not deliver economic growth and would in fact ‘remove the core asset value’ in creators’ content, a number of licensing bodies have said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
O2 disclosure ruling could impact on workings of imminent new anti-piracy code, campaigners say – OUT-LAW.com
“A High Court judge has laid out flaws in using internet protocol (IP) addresses to identify alleged copyright infringers which should have ‘ramifications’ for how imminent new anti-piracy rules operate, a campaign group has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Existing copyright licensing processes not accounting properly for ‘mixed media’ and digital content, report says – OUT-LAW.com
“Copyright licensing processes in the UK could be more ‘streamlined, easier and cheaper to use’ than is currently the case, a report into the framework has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
F1 team wins High Court copyright ruling but is ordered to pay substantial unpaid debts – OUT-LAW.com
“A design company has been ordered to pay a Formula One (F1) team over £20,000 after it used computer-aided design (CAD) files belonging to the team to help form aerodynamic features for rival cars.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Musical Youth lose legal battle over Pass The Dutchie – The Guardian
“Ex-members of a child reggae band that hit the heights with a song about a stewing pot 30 years ago have lost a legal battle with their former lawyers.”
The Guardian, 23rd March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Richard O’Dwyer case: Lawyers lodge extradition appeal – BBC News
“The family of a Sheffield student who faces extradition to the United States has confirmed an appeal has been lodged by lawyers.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Società Consortile Fonografici (SCF) v Del Corso (Procuratore generale della Repubblica intervening) – WLR Daily
“‘Communication to the public’ for the purposes of article 8(2) of Directive 92/100/EEC did not cover the broadcasting, free of charge, of phonograms within private dental practices engaged in professional economic activity for the benefit of patients of those practices and enjoyed by them without any active choice on their part. Therefore such an act of transmission did not entitle the phonogram producers to the payment of remuneration.”
WLR Daily, 15th March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
We need to redefine what ‘copy’ means – The Guardian
“In an extract from his new book, How to Fix Copyright, William Patry calls for a radical overhaul of copyright law.”
The Guardian, 13th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Richard O’Dwyer case: TVShack creator’s US extradition approved – BBC News
“Home Secretary Theresa May has approved the extradition to the US of a student accused of copyright infringement.”
BBC News, 13th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court quashes pub landlady conviction over football copyrights infringement – OUT-LAW.com
“The pub landlady who was fined for screening FA Premier League (FAPL) football matches using a foreign satellite decoder has had her criminal conviction overturned by the High Court.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th March 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
BT and Talk Talk lose file-sharing appeal – BBC News
“BT and Talk Talk have lost an appeal over controversial measures to tackle copyright infringement online.”
BBC News, 6th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Football Dataco Ltd and Others v Yahoo! UK Ltd and Others – WLR Daily
Football Dataco Ltd and Others v Yahoo! UK Ltd and Others (Case C-604/10); [2012] WLR (D) 57
“A ‘database’ within the meaning of article 1(2) of Directive 96/9/EC was protected by the copyright laid down by article 3(1) of the Directive provided that the selection or arrangement of the data which it contained amounted to an original expression of the creative freedom of its author, which was a matter for the national court to determine.”
WLR Daily, 1st March 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Football match fixture list copyright claim rejected – BBC News
“Football authorities in England and Scotland have had a court claim over football fixtures’ copyright rejected. European judges said compiling match fixture lists needed ‘significant’ work, but did not entail the creativity required for copyright protection.”
BBC News, 1st March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Pirate Bay could be blocked in UK – The Guardian
“The filesharing website The Pirate Bay has come a step closer to being blocked in the UK after the high court ruled that the site breaches copyright laws on a large scale.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Courts cannot force social networks to broadly monitor for illegal file-sharing, ECJ rules – OUT-LAW.com
“National courts cannot force social networks to monitor for copyright infringement by users because it would not strike a ‘fair balance’ between the rights of rights holders and the rights of those platforms and its users, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Proposed newspaper content licensing fees not wholly ‘reasonable’, Tribunal rules – OUT-LAW.com
“Business customers of online news clippings services will pay a lower fixed price licence to access newspaper content via those providers following an interim ruling by the Copyright Tribunal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
RnBXclusive music file sharing site shut down – The Guardian
“The UK music filesharing site RnBXclusive has been shut down and a man has been arrested amid signs that organised crime officers are cracking down on illegal downloading in Britain.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pub landlords face practical difficulties in avoiding football copyrights following ruling, expert says – OUT-LAW.com
“Pub landlords will be able to broadcast FA Premier League (FAPL) football matches legitimately using foreign satellite decoders providing they can obtain a clean feed of the games, broadcast sound during live play only, and do not charge customers entry to their bar, according to a High Court ruling.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Digitally altered photographs can qualify for copyright protection, UK court rules – OUT-LAW.com
“Photographs that are digitally manipulated using imaging software can be original enough to qualify for copyright protection, the Patents County Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
