Results for copyright

October 5, 2005

FIPR campaign against new copyright directive

EDRI-member FIPR (the Foundation for Information Policy Research) has published a strong analysis of the proposed new EU intellectual property enforcement directive. According to FIPR, the proposed new directive is pushed by the UK Presidency, but will undermine basic freedoms. It will force all EU member states to criminalise incitement to infringe patents or copyrights. […]

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May 24, 2006

French draft copyright law continues to be criticised

As a continuation of the “saga” of the French draft law on copyright and related rights of the information society (DASDVSI), the French Senate voted this month the law which continues to be severely criticised by the consumer associations as well as software companies. The Senators have adopted the law with 164 votes for and […]

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April 23, 2008

Changes in the German copyright law

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The extension of the copyright law aimed at fighting illegal file-sharing adopted on 11 April 2008 by the German Government creates concerns on how the p2p-related lawsuits will be considered under the new law. The new text forces the ISPs to reveal the names and IP addresses […]

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May 7, 2003

European Court of Justice rules on copyright fees

A recent verdict from the European Court of Justice implies that all EU countries should choose the same legislative translation of ‘equitable remuneration’, a crucial formula in the European Copyright Directive. Weighing the case of the Dutch copyright collecting society SENA versus the national broadcasting organisation NOS, the Court explains how the 1992 EU directive […]

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August 12, 2003

New Finnish draft copyright law

The Finnish Ministry of Education has published a new draft copyright law. The new proposal does not differ a lot from an earlier version that was rejected by parliament last February. It is still highly complicated and overzealous. On the positive side the so-called ‘community first sale doctrine’ is now limited to commercial entities only. […]

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March 25, 2009

Irish ISP Association rejects the copyright industry threats

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Irische ISP-Vereinigung weist die Drohungen der Copyrightindustrie ab | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1349] This article is also available in: Macedonian: [Ирската асоцијација на интернет провајдери ги одбива заканите на индустријата за авторски права | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1418/4/lang,mk/] After several weeks of silence in the the Eircom deal with IRMA (Irish Recorded Music Association), […]

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September 8, 2010

YouTube guilty of its users' copyright infringement says a German court

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Deutschland: YouTube wegen Verletzung von Urheberrechten verurteilt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2168] On 3 September 2010, the German Hamburg state court ruled that Google’s subsidiary YouTube had to pay damages for not having prevented and blocked the upload by its users of several videos of Sarah Brightman’s performances, thus violating its […]

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September 8, 2010

UK: Harassing innocent users for copyright infringement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [UK: Schuldlose User der Verletzung von Urheberrechten bezichtigt | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2169] ACS:Law having sent tens of thousands of cash demands to make supposed copyright infringement lawsuits go away, has been referred to the Solicitors Disciplinary Group for “bullying and excessive conduct”. The referral was the result of a coordinated […]

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January 12, 2011

RapidShare wins another alleged copyright infringement case

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [RapidShare gewinnt einen weiteren Fall angeblicher Urheberrechtsverletzung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2497] RapidShare, the Swiss based file-hosting service, won the appeal against the computer game distributor Atari Europe. In March 2010, Düsseldorf Regional Court ruled that the company had not taken sufficient measures to hinder the distribution of the computer game […]

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November 16, 2011

ENDitorial: Copyright combinatronics

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Urheberrechts-Kombinatorik | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.22_ENDitorial_Urheberrechts_Kombinatorik?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111116] Although the creation of the single market has been the primary focus of the European Union for decades, it often seems that for every step forward it takes two back. In that respect it’s often rather interesting to look at the mathematics as they […]

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March 28, 2012

ICANN will cooperate in taking down websites for copyright infringements

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Urheberrecht: ICANN will bei der Verhängung von Netzsperren kollaborieren | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.6_Urheberrecht_ICANN_will_bei_der_Verhaengung_von_Netzsperren_kollaborieren?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120328] During its 43rd international meeting that took place in San José, Costa Rica between 11 and 16 March 2012, ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) expressed its intention to increase its cooperation with global […]

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February 2, 2013

Copyright

The European Union has been repeatedly having discussions for the past twelve years on how to cherish, develop and protect creation in the digital environment. So far, discussions have focussed on enforcement of pre-existing legal norms and the extent to which internet providers should police and even punish their customers. Despite all of these efforts, […]

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