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Barnes & Noble may face Kindle-type dilemma
News When the bookseller releases its e-reader devices next year, it may not be able to avoid having to remotely delete e-books, as Amazon did last month.
Tags: Copyright, Digital media, E-book Reader, Safe Harbor, Wireless, Singapore, Jeff Bezos, Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle
Does Pirate Bay verdict spell trouble for Google?
Insight perspective Pirate Bay outcome could have wide and lasting implications for the likes of Google and YouTube, says legal expert.
Tags: Piracy, Copyright, Digital rights management (DRM), Web sites, Google Inc., Napster Inc., Video, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, YouTube Inc., File-sharing
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...
Judge sets February hearing for new Google Books deal
News Schedule is laid out for second round of final approval process as preliminary approval is given to revised deal submitted last Friday.
Tags: Copyright, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, Judge, researcher, U.S. District Court, agreement, Benefit
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
IP infringement fines to increase tenfold in UK
News The maximum fine will increase from US$7,520 to US$75,200, following a consultation by the Intellectual Property Office consultation in the United Kingdom.
Tags: Copyright, Patents, IP, prosecutor, intellectual property, U.K., alliance, Patents, executive director, Copyright
Thailand hopes to be taken off Priority Watch List
News It expects the Untied States will move Thailand from the PWL to the Watch List because of the country's huge success enforcing intellectual property law.
Tags: Copyright, Asia, Business Software Alliance, Thailand, IP, copyright violation, intellectual property, business software, software, financial
US Congress looks abroad to curb piracy
News Entertainment industry representatives tell the U.S. Congress it should urge other countries to adopt better intellectual property protections, or it may want to consider working with ISPs as Europe has.
Tags: Copyright, Piracy, Piracy, Video, Intellectual Property Right, entertainment, intellectual property, Canada, online video, job
French parliament unexpectedly kills Net piracy bill
News With few members present of final vote, lawmaking body votes down a bill that would have compelled Internet service providers to punish suspected copyright violators.
Tags: Piracy, Copyright, Web sites, Bill, Piracy, Internet Access, Entertainment Industry, Nicolas Sarkozy, RIAA, European Union
Has online piracy reached tipping point?
News news analysis Across the globe, copyright owners are on the offensive and say jobs and future of intellectual property are at stake. Can they do anything about it?
Tags: Piracy, Copyright, Entertainment Company, Grokster Ltd., Music, P2P, entertainment, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., antipiracy
Google Book settlement faces legal assault
News The Google Books settlement has not only brought new attention to the issue of orphaned works. It's also brought a set of legal attempts to derail it.
Tags: Copyright, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Consumer Watchdog, Settlement, Work, Books, California, U.S. Congress, Copyright
Pirate Bay defendants found guilty
News District court in Sweden rules that all four defendants in the high-profile file-swapping case are guilty of having made copyright-protected files accessible for illegal file sharing.
Tags: Piracy, Copyright, Peer to peer, Defendant, Sierra Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Sunde, 20th Century Fox, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, File-sharing
Google seeks more time in Book Search case
News Google wants 60 more days to find authors and let them choose to opt in or out of a proposed class-action settlement involving Google Book Search.
Tags: Copyright, Author, Google Inc., Settlement, Advertisement, intellectual property, general counsel, credit card company, USA Today, New York Times Co.
