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What About Copyright Infringement Issues in Europe?
What About Copyright Infringement Issues in Europe? After the major turmoil caused by SOPA in the US, it is time to have a look at what is happening with copyright in Europe. In other words, is copyright infringement a prime specific to the US or is it affecting copyright holders worldwide? Below is an article by The French news agency AFP, that clearly indicates that copyright infringement is endemic in Europe as well. EU urges balance between Internet … Read entire article »
Filed under: The Legal Corner
SOPA, PIPA and DMCA : Understand the difference
SOPA, PIPA and DMCA : Understand the difference DMCA : is the Digital Millenium Copyright Act in place since 1998 SOPA : Stop Online Piracy Act – House of Representative PIPA : Protect the IP Act – Senate House Both SOPA and PIPA bills are aimed at foreign websites that infringe copyrighted material. The bills are commonly associated with media piracy, but may also apply to counterfeit consumer goods and medication. So why so many different legal documents? Online piracy is … Read entire article »
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SOPA and Writers
SOPA and Writers The debate around the SOPA and PIPA acts has generated a lot of noise during the last weeks. The blackout movement spearheaded by Wikipedia to protest against SOPA, the attacks by Anonymous hackers against federal institutions and various recording and movie companies are great material to write article, so journalists and bloggers alike relished the occasion. This must be why a verbatim search for “SOPA Censorship” yields over 152 million results. The whole protest … Read entire article »
Filed under: Journal, The Legal Corner
Background of last week complaint lodged by Authors’Guild against Google.
Last week, we reported about the Fourth Amendment Class Action Against Google Complaint filed on the 14th of October Yet, this was not the first event in a long ongoing litigation process. The litigation began on September 20, 2005, with the Authors Guild, together with Herbert Mitgang, Betty Miles and Daniel Hoffman, filed a class action lawsuit against Google for its Book Search project. The Authors Guild complained that Google was committing copyright infringement by scanning … Read entire article »
Filed under: The Legal Corner
Author’s Guild, Inc is suing Google for massive copyright infringement
Author’s Guild, Inc is suing Google for massive copyright infringement (What happened before) On the 14th of October this year, a Fourth Amended Class Action against Google has been filed by the Author’s Guild, Inc and a handful of authors. The plaintiff complain that Google’s contract with several public and universities libraries to create digital archives of the content of these libraries, a contract that would enable Google to reproduce and retains for its own commercial … Read entire article »
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