Whatever happened to the Digital Economy Act? – BBC News
“The UK’s Digital Economy Act (DEA) was meant to make pirates quake in their boots, but so far it has failed to shiver any timbers.”
BBC News, 21st October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: copyright
BT and TalkTalk given last chance to challenge Digital Economy Act – The Guardian
“BT and TalkTalk have been granted permission to appeal against their failed legal challenge to the Digital Economy Act, which is central to the government’s attempts to curb illegal downloading.”
The Guardian, 7th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Damages cap introduced for Patents County Court rulings on copyright and trade mark disputes – OUT-LAW.com
“The Patents County Court (PCC) will be able to order damages payments of up to £500,000 for infringement of copyright and trade mark rights under a new law that came into effect on Saturday.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Consumers will lose out following extension of performers’ copyrights, academic claims – OUT-LAW.com
“Extending the term of copyright protection for sound recordings from 50 to 70 years will cost the general public more than €1bn, an intellectual property academic has claimed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Jeremy Hunt urges web firms to join anti-piracy drive – BBC News
“UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has delivered a hard-hitting speech, calling on net firms, advertisers and credit card companies to cut ties with websites that link to unlawful content.”
BBC News, 14th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
EU extends music copyright to 70 years – BBC News
“Musicians are set to receive royalties for their songs well into their old age under a new EU ruling. Regulations approved on Monday extended copyright on sound recordings from 50 to 70 years.”
BBC News, 12th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ofcom asked not to include general right to appeal under Digital Economy Act code – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government has asked Ofcom to avoid giving alleged copyright infringers a general right of appeal against warning letters they may receive about their online activity in new regulations due out shortly, the telecoms regulator has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Newzbin2 ruling sets precedent for online copyright infringement – OUT-LAW.com
“OPINION: Rights-holders must act decisively to show infringers that they are serious after a High Court ruling forced Britain’s largest internet service provider to block access to an infringing website.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Increase in the number of copyright offenders prosecuted, report says – OUT-LAW.com
“The number of individuals found guilty of violating UK copyright laws has increased, according to a report into intellectual property (IP) crime.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Individuals will have to pay to contest copyright infringement warnings, Government says – OUT-LAW.com
“Internet users who risk being blacklisted as illegal file-sharers will have to pay £20 to appeal against warning letters they receive about their behaviour, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Government broadly backs Hargreaves recommendations to change IP frameworks – OUT-LAW.com
“The UK’s intellectual property (IP) laws sometimes hamper business growth, the Government has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Illegal filesharing: trade bodies demand government crackdown – The Guardian
“Leading trade bodies for the film and music industries have warned the government that it must move quickly to implement an effective system to crack down on pirate websites, after Vince Cable announced that plans to block illegal file-sharing websites have been scrapped.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Copyright law change means iPod users are no longer criminals – The Independent
“They may not have known it, but users of MP3 players, CDs or DVDs have probably been breaking the law for years as they transferred their favourite song from one format to another.”
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The Independent, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Vince Cable: government plans to block illegal filesharing sites unworkable – The Guardian
“Vince Cable, the business secretary, will say on Wednesday that government plans to block illegal filesharing websites under the controversial Digital Economy Act are in effect unworkable.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Clippings services users must have licence or infringe newspapers’ copyright, says court – OUT-LAW.com
“Users of a clippings service must have a licence from newspaper publishers to click on links taking them to newspaper website pages to avoid infringing the publishers’ copyrights, the Court of Appeal has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others v Meltwater Holding BV and others – WLR Daily
“The end users of a commercial online media monitoring service who did not hold a web end-user licence from the publishers committed infringement of the publishers’ copyright in receiving and using the service.”
WLR Daily, 27th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
High court forces BT to block file-sharing website – The Guardian
“Hollywood film studios won a landmark UK high court ruling on Thursday forcing BT to block access to an illegal file-sharing website accused of operating ‘on a grand scale’.”
The Guardian, 28th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lucasfilm Ltd and others v Ainsworth and another – WLR Daily
Lucasfilm Ltd and others v Ainsworth and another [2011] UKSC 39; [2011] WLR (D) 257
“A judge was entitled to conclude that a helmet worn by a fictional character in a film was not a ‘sculpture’ for the purposes of copyright protection. A claim against a defendant domiciled in England for infringement of a foreign copyright could be justiciable in England.”
WLR Daily, 27th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
George Lucas loses Stormtrooper battle at Supreme Court – BBC News
“A prop designer who made the original Stormtrooper helmets for Star Wars has won his battle with director George Lucas over his right to sell replicas.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Music rights body wants ‘traffic light’ indications of infringing material in search results – OUT-LAW.com
“Search engine results should indicate whether material on websites is in breach of copyright law or not, a music licensing group has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
