“The Government may have failed to abide by EU copyright laws if volunteer-run libraries are not required to pay authors royalties when they loan out books, the Society of Authors (SoA) has claimed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“It will be possible to use a speeded up Parliamentary approval process for changing parts of copyright law that carry penalties of up to 10 years in jail under a proposed new law, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Business Secretary will have the power to add or remove exceptions to copyright and add or remove exceptions to rights in performances through new laws that would not be subject to the full scrutiny of Parliament, under Government plans.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The home secretary, Theresa May, has told the House of Commons that she will not revisit plans to extradite Sheffield Hallam student Richard O’Dwyer to the US on copyright charges, saying the decision had ‘already been taken’.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“OPINION: The UK Government is considering reform of copyright laws in the wake of the Hargreaves Review. One change that it must make when reforming copyright law is to make it clear that the act of web browsing does not require permission from copyright holders.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Usedsoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp (Case C-128/11); [2012] WLR (D) 192
“Article 4(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2009/24/EC meant that the right of distribution of a copy of a computer program was exhausted if the copyright holder who had authorised, even free of charge, the downloading of that copy from the Internet onto a data carrier had also conferred, in return for payment of a fee intended to enable him to obtain a remuneration corresponding to the economic value of the copy of the work of which he was the proprietor, a right to use that copy for an unlimited period. In the event of the resale of a user licence, the second acquirer of the licence, as well as any subsequent acquirer of it, was able to rely on the exhaustion of the distribution right under article 4(2), and hence be regarded as lawful acquirers of a copy of a computer program within the meaning of article 5(1) and benefit from the right of reproduction provided for in that provision.”
WLR Daily, 3rd July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Businesses and public bodies that want to make use of so-called ‘orphan’ works will have to pay to do so under new plans unveiled by the Government.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Anti-piracy agreement rejected by European Parliament, but Acta could be revived by European Commission.”
The Guardian, 4th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Collecting societies will be able to collect royalties on behalf of all rights holders and not just members under a Government plan that would require individual content creators to opt out of their systems.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Government is to repeal sections of the Digital Economy Act (DEA) which give the Culture Secretary the power to draw up new regulations on website blocking.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Publishers should develop new licensing models that would allow researchers to use computerised techniques to read information contained in journal articles at ‘realistic rates’, MPs have said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Illegal downloaders will start receiving warning letters from internet service providers from 1 March 2014, under a draft code for the government’s anti-digital piracy regime drawn up by media regulator Ofcom.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Student who set up website posting links to TV and film content fears being used as a guinea pig by Hollywood giants.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Limits should be placed on any new ‘private copying’ exemption introduced under UK copyright law to prevent individuals copying digital content into cloud storage services for private use, rights holder groups have said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“BT has joined other UK internet service providers (ISPs) in blocking access to The Pirate Bay, a ban the group says users have already circumvented.”
BBC News, 20th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“UK law makers and the judiciary should take note of new research that has claimed that a narrow reading of copyright law exceptions can result in an erosion of investment in new technologies, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Government plans to change the law so that future reforms to the copyright framework can be made through regulations rather than primary legislation could create problems for businesses, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Organisations will be able to obtain free access to some publishers’ digital content through their law firm under a new licensing option on offer by the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA).”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A new code of practice setting out new anti-piracy measures and procedures is expected to be published next month, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Sullivan (aka Soloman) v Bristol Film Studios Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 570; [2012] WLR (D) 145
“In deciding whether a small claim ought to be struck out as an abuse of process it was relevant to consider whether there was a proportionate procedure available by which the claim could be adjudicated.”
WLR Daily, 3rd May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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