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Three-strikes piracy deterrent not for S'pore
News Anti-piracy law won't be implemented in Singapore as existing laws are sufficient, and will also be difficult to implement, say industry watchers.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Regulations, environmental scan, Sledgehammer, Survey, Piracy, Music, Singapore, intellectual property, e-mail
SMBs get help against software piracy
News Singapore government and trade associations launch campaign to help small businesses better manage their software licensing assets.
Tags: Piracy, Software, Small And Medium Enterprise, Business Software Alliance, Safe Harbor, Software Piracy, IPO, Singapore, ASME, software company
Mashups changing the face of copyright laws
News Copyright laws have to evolve to catch up with the rise of user-generated content and mashups from the digital generation, says law professor.
Tags: Copyright, Creative Commons, Asia, Singapore, intellectual property, printing, copyright law, mashup, professor, broadcaster
In remembrance: DRMs
Blogs Last week, I was at a WIPO-organized forum on copyright and related rights in Singapore. Several persons spoke about...
Closing chapter of Google Books saga near
News Monday's deadline to submit a revised settlement could mark the beginning of the end for the Google Books legal process, after a year of rancorous debate.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Web 2.0, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, copyright law
Amazon: Google Books deal an 'unprecedented' copyright hack
News Perhaps the most strident criticism from a competitor of Google's digital book settlement with publishers and authors was released Wednesday by Amazon.
Tags: E-commerce, Web sites, Content management, Settlement, Class Action, copyright law, Judge, U.S. District Court, U.S. Congress, Sony Corp.
Challenge to Google Books settlement focuses on class actions
News Lawyer plans to file a new objection to Google's settlement with book rights holders claiming that class action lawsuits were not intended to strike licensing deals.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Legal, Settlement, Class Action, RAM, copyright law, New York Times Co., U.S.
US Justice Dept: Google's book settlement needs rewrite
News Concerns about Google's settlement with book authors are valid, the Department of Justice said in a filing with the court overseeing the settlement. But things could change.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, antitrust, Computer & Communications Industry Association, copyright law, U.S. District Court, agreement
Belgian publishers demand up to US$77M from Google
News Search giant says it intends to fight new claims that it owes newspaper publishers a hefty damage award related to copyright lawsuit still being appealed.
Tags: Lawsuits, Copyright, Web services, Google Inc., Search Engine, Associated Press, payment, copyright law, Google News, blog
More time needed for revised Google Books deal
News After a meeting late last week with the Justice Department, the parties realize they need more time. Monday was to be the deadline for a revised settlement.
Tags: Web services, Search, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, copyright law, Judge, patient, Search
Europe urged to hasten book digitization
News Europe could pull ahead of Google in the digitization of books as long as it acts swiftly, information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding has said.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, Digital rights management (DRM), Commission, Google Inc., Books Digitization, European Commission, Web 2.0, Copyright Protection, Europe
Report: Google considering book settlement tweaks
News Under fire from critics and the scrutiny of the U.S. Department of Justice, Google is reportedly considering modifications to its book search settlement with book authors and publishers.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, U.S. Department Of Justice, Bloomberg L.P., Settlement, copyright law, Judge, Eric Schmidt, Web 2.0, Data Management
Utopic world of free-for-all content
Blogs Hi, my name is Eileen Yu, and I'm a Barry Manilow fan. All right, there, I've said it. I'm a huge, big, out-of-this-...
Labels pressure Global Gaming for Pirate Bay money
News Trade group says that if Global Gaming acquires The Pirate Bay, it has asked Swedish authorities to order the company to pay the music industry instead of Pirate Bay founders.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, computer, general counsel, copyright law, co-founder, Sweden, File-sharing, founder, record company
Judge sides with YouTube on several copyright issues
News US Federal court dismissed some of the copyright complaints made by a class of plaintiffs because they were made overseas and aren't protected by US copyright law.
Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Federal Government, Viacom Inc., Google Inc., Class Action, YouTube Inc., New York, copyright law, Judge
