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Buzzfeed sued for $3.6m over photo-sharing
A photographer has sued online aggregator Buzzfeed for $3.6m after claiming that it infringed his copyright for using a picture without permission on one of its online posts. Kai Eiselein accused the website's ‘30...
EU welcomes TTIP talks with US but audiovisual sector excluded
The Council of the European Union has approved a mandate for the negotiation of a comprehensive ‘Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership' (TTIP) between the EU and US, but has excluded the audiovisual sector from...
Happy Birthday song's copyright challenged
Good Morning to You Productions is challenging Warner Bros' rights to the ‘Happy Birthday to You' song, claiming that the tune should belong in the public domain because any "valid copyright" to the melody...
'Ghost Rider' ownership suit ignited by US appeals court
Former Marvel freelancer Gary Friedrich has had his case regarding ownership of the flaming-skull character in ‘Ghost Rider' revived, after the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned a lower court's...
Conservative MP questions if publishing industry should receive more support
Rights surrounding the publishing industry should be observed, but that does not mean the sector should receive more money from the UK government, Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng said. Speaking at an ‘Author Publisher...
FEATURES
Killer style
Mark Prinsley and Anne-Marie Chirema examine whether the UK's controversial ERR Act really means the ‘death of copyright' The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 ("ERRA"), which received Royal Assent...
Spanish imposition
After appearing on a US ‘watch list', Spain is undertaking major reform to stop online piracy. But it won't be a smooth ride, says Laura Cantero The Spanish Government has drawn up a preliminary draft bill, made public on...
YouTube rematch
Viacom has lost another decision in its long campaign to make YouTube pay for alleged breach of copyright. Hillel Parness, from the law firm Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, discusses the issues The April decision in the...
Price is right
McNees Wallace & Nurick's Michael Doctrow and Kelly Horein explain how to effectively manage IP in an international marketplace With the increasing globalisation of businesses, companies are investing more to develop,...
Copyright's stars and stripes
On World Intellectual Property Day, 24 April 2013, Congressman Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the US House of Representatives, announced that his committee would undertake a "comprehensive review of...
LEGAL UPDATES
Freedom to browse
THE CASE: Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd (Meltwater) v The Newspaper Licensing Agency The UK Supreme Court 17 April 2013 Following the Meltwater v NLA decision, Mark Daniels and Giles Parsons of Browne Jacobson...
Playing catch up
T HE CASE: ITV Broadcasting Ltd and Ors v TVCatchup Ltd The Court of Justice of the European Union 7 March 2013 Harbottle & Lewis' Tony Ballard explores how the ITV Broadcasting v TVCatchup ruling demonstrates completion of...
Not a textbook case
T HE CASE: Supap Kirtsaeng v John Wiley & Sons, Inc The US Supreme Court 19 March 2013 Covington & Burling's Ronald G Dove, Jr and Joshua N Williams explain why first-sale doctrine goes global for US copyrights On 19...
ANALYSIS
Porn trolling in the dock
After a major setback in its crusade to force alleged illegal downloaders to pay for porn films shared on BitTorrent networks, news editor Khurram Aziz looks at what the future has in store for Prenda Law The days of the...
OPINION
Good for your image
Hansard's Andrew Parr reviews Guernsey's image rights legislation Guernsey has had a long history of creating diverse and often innovative legislation designed to offer its clients unparalleled flexibility. Within the financial...
Torrid torrents
SJ Berwin's Nina O'Sullivan explains why website blocking orders keep flowing In February, Mr Justice Arnold J (‘Arnold J') issued another website blocking order requiring the UK's six main retail internet service...
