Copyright Law
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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
Pirate Bay says appeal is filed
News In a blog post, Pirate Bay operators say the site will live on. Also, they tell those seeking to raise money to help the defendants pay the fines to stop such efforts.
Tags: Piracy, Peer to peer, Fan, Entertainment Company, BitTorrent, Google Inc., Search Engine, entertainment, Pirate Bay, copyright law
In remembrance: DRMs
Blogs Last week, I was at a WIPO-organized forum on copyright and related rights in Singapore. Several persons spoke about...
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
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
EU seeks opinions on Google Books
News European Commission asks authors and publishers in Europe for opinion on Google plan to digitize and publish out of print books that have copyright protections.
Tags: Content management, Google Inc., European Union, U.S. Department Of Justice, Spokesperson, Settlement, U.S. House of Representatives, Associated Press, copyright law, CNET Networks Inc.
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
RIAA loses mistrial appeal
News The Recording Industry Association of America has been dealt another blow in its only copyright infringement case to go to trial.
Tags: Copyright, Web sites, Music, RIAA, P2P, Kazaa, copyright law, Judge, Internet Service Provider, industry
