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WIPO General Assembly adopted the PCDA proposals
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) member states adopted during the General Assembly on 28 September 2007 the recommendations made in June 2007 by the Provisional Committee on Proposals for a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA). The recommendations include 45 proposals that cover six activity clusters: Technical Assistance […]
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European Parliament resolution on a European digital library
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Parliament (EP) adopted on 27 September 2007 a resolution that endorses the 2005 European Commission’s Communication i2010: Digital Libraries supporting the digital libraries initiative that aims at making European information resources easier and more interesting to use in an online environment The Commission’s “2010 Digital […]
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File-sharers' identification refused by German prosecutors
Recent cases in the German Local Court of Offenburg have confirmed the reluctance of the German public prosecutors in determining the identities of P2P users that have allegedly breached the copyright law. The German online publication Heise has revealed that in a recent case in the Offenburg court, the judge decided to reject the music […]
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French police investigated teenager for unofficial translation
A French high school student was arrested and interrogated by the police for having posted online his translation of the first three chapters of the latest Harry Potter volume, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, only a few days after the official launching of the English version in July 2007. He was however immediately released […]
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ECJ's Advocate General says no handing traffic information in civil cases
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In her opinion on case C-275/06 (Productores de Música de España Promusicae vs. Telefónica de España SAU) the advisor to the European Court of Justice (EJC), Advocate General Juliane Kokott, considered that, according with the EU law, the ISPs are not obliged to reveal personal data in […]
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UK Government rejects the extension of the copyright term for performers
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) To the big disappointment of the music industry, the UK Government refused to promote at the EU level, the extension of the presently 50-year copyright term for performers. According to the EU rules, the copyright period for song writers and their families covers their entire lives plus […]
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Sweden wants tougher laws against file sharers
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Swedish Justice Department initiated the public debate process on a new legislation that will allow the copyright holders to obtain the identity of people that share illegal content over in the Internet. The draft says that the copyright holders can go to court asking the ISPs […]
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Media and telecom companies oppose CISAC proposal
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) On 10 July 2007, the EU Commission received a letter from a large group including some of Europe’s biggest media groups and telecom companies urging for the rejection of an offer made by EU national royalty-collecting societies to settle an anti-trust case. The Commission started examining a […]
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New draft Copyright Act voted by the German deputies
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The second draft of the Copyright Act for the Information Society, including amendments proposed by the legal committee of the Parliament, was voted on 5 July by the majority of the German Bundestag and sent to Bundersrat for review. Although Brigitte Zypries (SPD), the Minister of Justice, […]
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Allofmp3.com shut down, but more Russian music websites opened
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The famous website allofmp3.com was quietly shut down at the beginning of July 2007, but the Russian websites that are selling music online at much cheaper prices are on the rise, one of them winning also a lawsuit against Visa. Russian authorities pressured the Moscow-based company MediaServices, […]
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ENDitorial : The End of Multilateral Broadcast Treaty
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The summer special session of United Nation’s World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related rights (SCCR) ended with an outcome that effectively killed the proposed treaty for protection of broadcast organisations (Broadcast Treaty). The committee called off the Diplomatic Conference that was supposed […]
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PCDA brings a major change in the WIPO mandate
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) During 11-15 June 2007, the Provisional Committee on Proposals for a WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Development Agenda (PCDA) had meetings during which WIPO members negotiated agreements on several proposals for new activities of the UN organization. “This is a major achievement. It’s a complete overhaul of […]
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