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11/05/2017 |
Mozilla Attempting to Change EU Copyright Law
ENGLAND | Copy Rights | Mozilla is protesting against EU Copyright Laws which it claims impose unreasonable restrictions on internet companies.For this purpose, Mozilla is trying to get the public to support the cause by sending virtual leaflets to EU officials... Continue
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22/02/2017 |
Live Broadcast of Childbirth on Facebook Leads to Lawsuit
USA | Copy Rights | A father who broadcasted his son’s birth live on Facebook sued ABC, Yahoo and several other media companies for using clips and screenshots of the video on their platforms. The court ruled against the father, explaining that the actions are pro.. Continue
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21/02/2017 |
Google and Microsoft Joining Forces Against Online Piracy
ENGLAND | Copy Rights | Google and Microsoft joining forces against sites containing infringing content violating intellectual property laws. currently, google searching results include links to illegal sites, for downloading music, movies and t.v shows. .. Continue
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08/01/2017 |
Streaming Site ‘Sdarot’ FB Page Removed
ISRAEL | Copy Rights | Facebook has removed the commercial page of a streaming platform for TV series called ‘Sdarot’. This happened 3 weeks after District Court in Tel Aviv ordered its website blocked.ISP’s are partially complying with the order since it.. Continue
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18/02/2013 |
Plagiarism, copyright law and the public support
ENGLAND | Copy Rights |
In the distinction between plagiarism and copyright infrnigement, the first can be legal but nevertheless harmful. Any copyright legislation should have public support on its side inorder for it to work.
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31/01/2013 |
Fair Use is to be considered prior to takedown notice is sent
USA | Copy Rights |
California District court rules in a lawsuit against Universal Music, deeming Fair Use must be considered prior to sending a takedown notice for copyright infringement.
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15/01/2013 |
Youtube is required to pay 1.6M Euro
GERMANY | Copy Rights | GEMA has declared that negotiations with YouTube have failed, and demands 1.6M euro as a compensation... Continue
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15/01/2013 |
Music hackers admit stealing unreleased Michael Jackson tracks
ENGLAND | Copy Rights | Two men have avoided jail after admitting hacking into Sony Music's servers and copying thousands of files, including previously unreleased tracks by Michael Jackson... Continue
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09/01/2013 |
Chinese businessman admit guilty in selling $100m worth fake software
USA | Copy Rights | A Chinese businessman admitted that he sold 100M$ worth pirate software using online websites. he was arrested by undercover agents after he was tempted to leave china into U.S. territory near Guam... Continue
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06/01/2013 |
U.S.and Russia agree on 'action plan' to fight piracy
INTERNATIONAL | Copy Rights | The two countries agree on a plan to curtail theft of intellectual property following Russia joining the WTO this past August... Continue
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31/12/2012 |
China court fined Apple for copyright violation
CHINA | Copy Rights |
A court in China has ordered Apple to pay compensation to eight Chinese writers and two companies for violating their copyrights.
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05/07/2012 |
Europe votes against ACTA
EUROPE | Copy Rights | Anti-piracy agreement rejected by European Parliament, but Acta could be revived by European Commission. .. Continue
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14/06/2012 |
Why the ebook you want isn't for sale in your country
USA | Copy Rights | Tor Books' senior editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden takes to the comments of John Scalzi's Whatever to explain why ebooks are often not available at all places in the world at the same time. .. Continue
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12/06/2012 |
French publishers agree to Google's book scanning
FRANCE | Copy Rights | Google and a group of French book publishers say they’ve resolved a long-running dispute over Google’s book scanning and indexing efforts .. Continue
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18/07/2011 |
70 Year-Old Grandma Threatened Over BitTorrent Download
USA | Copy Rights | 70 year-old retired widow from San Francisco was recently ‘caught’ sharing porn on BitTorrent . .. Continue
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