Law Will Shift Guilt to ISPs, Telcos Campaigners and business associations are joining forces over EU proposal to shift focus of criminality in copyright infringement from private individuals, copying for 'personal use', to carriers, ISPs, telecos, 'incitement, aiding, abetting' will become key, employees liable to prison 22.03.07 Digit, Copyright, Internet Regulation, Media Law, Mobile Telecoms, Telecoms
Google Advised Pirate Sites Internet search business advised sites offering illegal downloads to place ads on keywords such as 'pirated' and 'bootleg', gave credit and accepted sponsorship from TheDownloadPlace.com, MoviesAdvance.com and EasyDownloadCenter.com, sites run by Brandon Drury and Luke Sample 13.02.07 Guardian, Google
Warner Insists on Copy Protection Warner Music chief Edgar Bronfman has said Apple chief Steve Job's idea of abandoning copy protection software - digital rights management, DRM - to expand music download market is 'without logic and merit' 09.02.07 BBC, Copyright, Internet Regulation, Media Law
ISPs Targeted for Piracy John Kennedy, head of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), plans to target ISPs in anti-piracy campaign, says it is not acceptable for them to claim piracy is not their problem 18.01.07 Telegraph, Entertainment Law, Internet Regulation
P2P Networks Spread Live Sport Premier League, Uefa and Cricket Australia are among sports bodies that have employed NetResult to block live peer-to-peer netcasts, most big UK football games freely available 30.11.06 BBC, Internet Regulation, Sports Law
File Sharing Following pressure on the Government to make file sharing illegal, a Commission has recommended measures for updating the management of online rights in musical works and the establishment of an EU-wide copyright licensing system 02.12.05 Law Now, Copyright, Media Law
Music Rights Musical copyright has been one of the great legal tangles of recent years, with P2P file sharing on the internet leading to mass proliferation of pirated material, a history of musical rights from Berne to the Grokster and KaZaa cases and recent statutory reform Part II of III 13.09.05 Sally Ramage, Copyright Links, MGM v Grokster Links, Media Law Links
Music Rights Musical copyright has been one of the great legal tangles of recent years, with P2P file sharing on the internet leading to mass proliferation of pirated material, a history of musical rights from Berne to the Grokster and KaZaa cases and recent statutory reform - Part I of III 13.09.05 Sally Ramage, Copyright Links, MGM v Grokster Links, Media Law Links
File Sharing In the recent ruling by the US Supreme Court against Grokster, the Court held that companies operating networks which are used to enable users to exchange (at no cost) music and film clips in breach of copyright may themselves be liable for copyright infringement 30.06.05 Eversheds, Copyright Links, Intellectual Property Links, MGM v Grokster Links
P2P Copyright Liability The music and film industry in the US have secured a much sought after victory in their fight against internet piracy over Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks. In issuing its ruling, the US Supreme Court held
unanimously that the P2P software companies, Grokster and
Morpheus, are liable for the activities of end-users, 28.06.05 Law Now, Copyright Links, Intellectual Property Links
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JK Rowling Suing eBay Over Copyright Harry Potter author JK Rowling is suing eBay in India over pirated copies of her novels, site claims it has not power over items sold and cannot vet individual sales, judgment could set wide-ranging precedent 27.02.07 Times, Copyright, Internet Regulation
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KaZaam! Sharman Networks, owner of KaZaa, world's largest P2P file-sharing system, has been ordered by Sydney court to apply copyright filters to new software 06.09.05 Guardian, Copyright Links
