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News about copyright

Article | 16/05/2013 Advocates call for legal protections for copyright consumers
The U.S. Congress should consider a "safe harbor" from legal action for consumers using works protected by copyright as it launches a long-term effort...
Article | 16/05/2013 German case on embedding YouTube videos referred to EU court
Embedded YouTube videos don't infringe copyright under current German law, but they could violate European rules, the German Federal Court of Justice ...
Article | 16/05/2013 Copyright owners denied class status in YouTube suit
A federal court in New York has denied class certification to copyright owners in an infringement lawsuit against YouTube over unauthorized hosting of...
Article | 13/05/2013 France should soften Internet 'three strikes' law, says gov't report
France should stop cutting off the Internet access of those accused of illicit file sharing, and close down the agency that polices online copyright b...
Article | 7/05/2013 Megaupload's lawyers: DOJ's charges have no basis in law
The U.S. Department of Justice's copyright infringement case against file storage service Megaupload is "prosecutorial overreach" based on a misreadin...

Features about copyright

Article | 19/02/2013 The Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde: 'They can't take my soul'
We are standing in a parking lot in the city of Malmö, southern Sweden, one of the many places Peter Sunde now calls home. The sky above us is grey, a...
Article | 7/11/2012 What Obama's re-election may mean for technology
The US presidential election result leaves President Barack Obama in the White House and maintains the balance of power in Congress. In many longstand...
Article | 3/02/2010 Judgement day looms: iiNet vs AFACT verdict announced tomorrow
Australian ISP iiNet and millions of Australian Internet users will be holding their breath tomorrow as the Federal Court delivers a verdict on the ii...
Article | 18/07/2009 Video player's DVD-copying feature may run afoul of MPAA
The latest release of the VLC media player is a huge hit, racking up nearly 8.6 million downloads since the 1.0 release last week, according to the ma...