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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...
Article | 7/05/2013 Operator of German file-sharing site sentenced to almost four years in prison
A 33-year-old man was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison by a German court for running the torrent site torrent.to between December 2005...
Article | 2/05/2013 P2P piracy putting pressure on Chinese video sites
After spending millions to buy licensed TV shows and movies, China's top online video site is facing a surge in piracy from a new crop of offenders th...
Article | 1/05/2013 Belgian ISPs sued for providing Internet access without paying copyright levies
Sabam, the Belgian association of authors, composers and publishers, has sued the country's three biggest ISPs, saying that they should be paying copy...
Article | 25/04/2013 US lawmakers plan sweeping review of copyright
A key U.S. lawmaker has unveiled plans for a comprehensive review of the laws surrounding copyright in the United States to determine whether they are...
Article | 16/04/2013 Pirate Bay co-founder charged with hacking IBM mainframes, stealing money
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was charged with hacking the IBM mainframe of Logica, a Swedish IT firm that provided tax services to th...
Article | 2/04/2013 Judge rules ReDigi music resale service infringes copyright
Selling a pre-owned digital music file is quite different from selling an old CD in the physical world, and may infringe copyright, a court in New Yor...
Article | 1/04/2013 Appeals court says Aereo streaming TV service doesn't infringe
Streaming television service Aereo does not appear to infringe the copyrights of over-the-air TV stations, and a request from several stations to shut...
Article | 27/03/2013 Microsoft, Lenovo to promote genuine Windows on PCs
In the midst of its latest campaign to fight piracy in China, Microsoft has signed an agreement with Lenovo to ensure that its PCs ship with licensed ...
Article | 22/03/2013 German copyright bill adopted by Bundesrat still excludes news snippets
The German Bundesrat has adopted an online copyright bill that will give publishers the exclusive right to make commercial use of their publications o...
Article | 19/03/2013 Supreme Court reaffirms resale of copyright works
U.S. residents have the right to resell software and other products protected by copyright even when they are manufactured overseas, the U.S. Supreme ...