“The Government will launch a public consultation this autumn on an exemption from copyright law for people who are moving music on to MP3 players. But the plan for a private copying exemption does not address the controversial question of compensation.”
OUT.com, 24th July 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“Copyright groups may not be able to demand that telecom companies hand over the details of people they suspect of swapping illegal music downloads, a senior legal adviser to the EU’s highest court said today. ”
The Times, 18th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“An internet service provider in Belgium must screen traffic for music piracy, a court has ruled in a decision which overturns conventional thinking on how two major European directives relate to one another.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th July 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“The UK record industry has widened its anti-piracy net to the corporate world with an investigation into allegations of an illegal music filesharing network at a British office of the US industrial and aerospace company Honeywell.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Protection for unregistered designs may be stronger than previously thought, following a ruling by the High Court that found the designs of novelty badges had been infringed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd June 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Mail on Sunday will be forced to return Prince Charles’ diaries after the House of Lords today rejected the paper’s request for leave to appeal the case.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An internet retailer that broke a legally-binding promise not to sell imported CDs at almost half the price they sold for on the High Street has been ordered to pay the UK record industry £35 million, it emerged today.”
The Times, 29th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A parliamentary motion calling for an extension to the term of copyright has been signed by 75 MPs. The reopening of the debate comes despite The Treasury’s backing for the recent recommendation not to extend copyright made by Andrew Gowers.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th May 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Government has proposed a change to the damages available under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, ruling out the possibility of the award of punitive damages in civil cases of copyright infringement.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th May 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
“Trading Standards officers are now empowered to enter premises and seize goods and documents they believe to be involved in copyright infringement, now that changes to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act have come into force.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th April 2007
Source: www.out-law.com
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