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Pinterest and copyright
Source: 9gag.com via Andres on Pinterest Pinterest, in case you have not heard, is the latest social network. It is sort of like Tumbler without the social angst and hipster look. Some have described...
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In a Rogue’s Gallery of copyright legislation, many efforts deserve mention. The DMCA is surely there, together with Japan’s new copyright law, the Digital Economy Act, and Ley Sinde. But a new...
View ArticleInstagram’s new Terms of Service
Spot the difference. These are the current Terms of Use: “Some of the Instagram Services are supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions, and you hereby agree that...
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Are fan translations an infringement of copyright?
Fan subtitles can provide useful additional information The Swedish police has raided and taken offline Subtexter, a website where users upload and exchange fan-made files that can be used by a media...
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Katy Perry jumps the shark, makes copyright claim over 3D print model
During this year’s Super Bowl, Katy Perry baffled and endeared millions with an act that included a giant metal tiger, a floating star, and the real stars of the show, two blue dancing sharks....
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The curious case of Technoviking
All hail Technoviking! Gather around people, and hear the story I have to tell. This is a story of techno music, street rave parties, guerilla film-making, Internet memes, and one badass hulk of a man....
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No, iTunes is not illegal under UK copyright law
My social media timeline has been inundated with reports that iTunes is now illegal in the UK. The origin of the story is an article in TorrentFreak, where the author contacted the UK IP Office to ask...
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File sharers could face 10 years in jail in the UK
The Open Rights Group (ORG) has sent us a communication regarding a new proposal in the UK to criminalise copyright infringement beyond the current limits to up to 10 years. I reproduce their...
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Private copying is illegal again in the UK
Illegal activity detected A few months ago we reported on a couple of decisions by the England and Wales Hight Court declaring private copying illegal (here and here). Incredibly, before 2014 making a...
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EU Commission proposes new right for press publications
Gamer link jokes The newspaper industry in in disarray because of the Internet, old business models are no longer working, and media empires need to contest with a changed environment. There are two...
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Europe on the verge of voting nefarious digital publishing right
I’m not given to grandiose statements, but this headline may actually be understating the threat that we face. The European Union is about to embark on a copyright reform of monumental proportions,...
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Mandatory Internet filtering and The War on Memes
In the last blog post we talked about the nefarious article 11 in the proposed new Copyright Directive, and why most experts agree it is a terrible idea. It is now the turn to look at yet another bad...
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What can the Copyright Directive vote tell us about the state of digital rights?
As we have been covering in the last couple of articles, a controversial EU Copyright Directive has been under discussion at the European Parliament, and in a surprising turn of events, it voted to...
View ArticleNew EU Directive threatens the Internet as we know it
And so it has come to this, the great copyright battle of our time. After a troubled process that has spanned various stages of development, we finally have a proposed compromise text on the Digital...
View ArticleCopyright lawsuit threatens reggaeton genre
There’s a fascinating case developing in the US (complaint here courtesy of Simon Geiregat), which could have a lasting effect in the reggaetón music genre.In 1989, Cleveland “Clevie” Browne and...
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