Copyright What is in the news: 9th June 2011

Here is the latest news from the world of copyright:

Artists Urge Internet Providers To Do More On Copyright
Wall Street Journal
By Frances Robinson BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)–European artists on Wednesday called for stricter enforcement of European Union copyright rules and urged the European Commission to make Internet Service providers play a greater part in the process.
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Creators: EU cares about turnips more than copyright
Register
By Andrew Orlowski • Get more from this author World Copyright Summit If someone had given me a pound in Brussels this week for every time I heard the phrase “we don’t want to make the same mistakes as the music industry”, I’d be a richer man.
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Interview With the US Copyright Czar
New York Times (blog)
By BEN SISARIO As the first United States intellectual property enforcement coordinator, Victoria A. Espinel reports to President Obama and Congress on copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property issues, and works with an array of federal
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Fashion designers hail prospect of copyright protections
Washington Post
In December, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed a bill that would provide three years of copyright protections to what it calls “unique” and “distinguishable” fashion designs. Those adjectives are hard to attain in the fashion world.
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Why Copyright Holders Love iTunes Match And Pirates Hate It
Forbes (blog)
Because Apple is reportedly splitting that money with copyright holders, many of whom have lost out on potential revenue because so many are downloading songs from bittorrent sites like The Pirate Bay. Some say this means Apple is not only legitimizing
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US IP Chief Backs Private Companies’ Defense Of IP
Wall Street Journal
“We are trying to avoid more regulation of our businesses, or inappropriate legislation,” IP czar Victoria Espinel told reporters on the sidelines of the World Copyright Summit in Brussels. “We are having discussions now with Google [GOOG] to see what
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Google sued for breach of copyright
TechEye
Isys said that it has a trademark on the terms Chromebook and Chromebox, and Google should pay it large sums of money to go away. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Utah in Salt Lake City, and is trying to get a
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AM Best Co. Sues SNL Financial For Copyright Infringement
PropertyCasualty360
Credit rating agency AM Best Co. has filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against competitor SNL Financial, NU has learned. The suit filed in US District Court in New Jersey alleges SNL “is displaying on its website a significant number of AM
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WB may erase ‘Hangover’ tattoo
Variety
By Dave McNary Warner Bros. will digitally erase the tattoo from Ed Helms’ face in the DVD and Blu-Ray versions of “The Hangover Part II” if it’s unable to resolve the legal dispute over an artist’s allegation of copyright infringement.
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Copyright What is in the news: 7th June 2011

Here is the latest news from the world of copyright:

Disconnecting File-Sharers Divides Australian MPAA, RIAA
Zeropaid
Sabiene Heindl, general manager of MIPI, added that the sentiment was also the official stance of the Australian Content Industry Group (ACIG) whose members include Microsoft, the Business Software Alliance, Copyright Agency Limited, and the Australian
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Copyright chief eyes web conflict
Politico
Maria Pallante confronts a pitched battle between Web giants and Hollywood over online content. | Photo courtesy of USA.gov Close By JENNIFER MARTINEZ | 6/6/11 1:41 PM EDT Maria Pallante is starting her new job as head of the US Copyright Office just
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Kenya: Musicians Say No to Copyright Society
AllAfrica.com
Kenyan artistes are in support of the move by the Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) to take away the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) licence despite a court order that had the licence reinstated. Speaking as one at a half day closed door meeting
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Small firms warned on web image copyright
nebusiness.co.uk
by Karen Dent, The Journal SMALL businesses are being urged to check who owns the images they want to use on their websites – or they could face costly copyright claims if they do not have the correct licences. Although many firms use web design
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anti-piracy ad backlash
Stuff.co.nz
TANGLED WEB: The Federation Against Copyright Theft (NZFact) has used Rhys Darby to front a promotional videos aimed at combating internet piracy. Comedian Rhys Darby had made a statement on his website stating that he does not support the government’s
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Artists petition government for copyright reform
Mail & Guardian Online
Led by singer Sibongile Khumalo, artists calling for changes to copyright legislation handed over a petition to the ministry of trade and industry on Monday. The board of the Performers’ Organisation of South Africa (Posa) urged Trade and Industry
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Forever21 Threatens to Sue Fashion Blogger for Copyright Infringement
Signature9
by YM OusleyJune 6, 2011 In today’s “Isn’t that ironic?” news, Forever21 has threatened to sue Rachel Kane, the blogger behind WTForever21, saying that the site constitutes “trademark infringement, copyright infringement, unfair competition and
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RIAA: Changing Copyright Term On Recordings Is Unconstitutional (But Only If
Techdirt
Ah, the RIAA is so full of double standards and hilarious hypocrisy that they almost make this kind of thing too easy. On Friday, we wrote about Thursday’s hearings for the Copyright Office, concerning the question of what to do about pre-1972 sound
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The IPKat: Do we come to bury copyright — or to praise it?
By Jeremy
Is copyright a vital tool for protecting authors, composers and artists, and for encouraging investment in the recording and transmission of their works to the public—or is it an outdated, cumbersome barrier to the spread of information
The IPKat – http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/
Interview with BookBaby about publishing, business and copyright
By Cory Doctorow
I sat down with BookBaby’s Brian Felsen last month at the London Book Fair for a long interview about business, publishing, authorship and copyright. Brian’s just posted the first installment of several that comprise the whole
Cory Doctorow’s craphound.com – http://www.craphound.com/
40 Years of Copyright Law Changes | Nolo | Nolo
By Rich Stim
40 Years of Copyright Law Changes | Official Blog.
Nolo – http://blog.nolo.com/

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Copyright What is in the news: 10th May 2011

Here is the latest news from the world of copyright:

Lime Wire founder on copyright law: ‘I was wrong’
CNET
Copy right does not go away because you choose to be stupid or ignore it. Their does seem to be a generation that is growing up thinking some laws don’t apply to them. I buy all my music legally and what I cannot afford, I don’t buy. I wait.
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Nova Scotia company sues Sun Media claiming copyright infringement
The Canadian Press
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia syndication company is suing Sun Media Corp. alleging that the media chain infringed copyright by running horoscope columns without permission. Canadian Artists Syndicate Inc. has filed a statement of claim saying it had a deal
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RJ owner says copyright lawsuits target ‘parasitic’ infringers
VEGAS INC
By Steve Green (contact) The owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Monday disputed criticism by a federal judge about its no-warning copyright lawsuit campaign. Attorneys for Stephens Media LLC and its copyright enforcement partner, Righthaven LLC,
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Biggest BitTorrent Downloading Case in US History Targets 23000 Defendants
Wired News (blog)
A federal judge in the case has agreed to allow the US Copyright Group to subpoena internet service providers to find out the identity of everybody who had illegally downloaded (.pdf) the 2010 Sylvester Stallone flick — meaning the number of
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Google Appeal Fails: Belgian Newspaper Copyright Case Upheld
Search Engine Land
The short version of the backstory is is that regional French- and German-language newspapers (represented by Copiepresse) sued Google for copyright infringement. Not all Belgian newspapers are involved in the suit. Copiepresse claimed that links to
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UMG Faces An Uphill Battle Against Veoh On Appeal
paidContent.org
Universal Music Group argued one of the most closely watched copyright cases in digital media on Friday—and the panel of appeals judges who heard the case sounded skeptical of the record company’s arguments. The record label’s lawsuit against Veoh
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Copyright Infringement Can Cost Culprits A Fortune
Connecticut Watchdog
“A month later, Mr. Hill received an e-mail from a reporter for The Las Vegas Sun who was looking into a Nevada company that files copyright lawsuits for newspapers. The e-mail informed Mr. Hill that he was one of those that the company, Righthaven,
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“How Copyright Law Makes Sample-Based Music Impossibly Expensive
By Walter Olson
This seems less like a problem grounded in copyright law, and more like a problem grounded in the music industry’s insistence on breaking the entire process down into the tiniest chunks possible and then putting a price tag on every
Overlawyered – http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/
Ireland seeks radical copyright reforms
By Jeremy

According to a media release this morning, kindly forwarded by Samantha Holman ( Executive Director, Irish Copyright Licensing Agency), Ireland’s Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton T.D. has commenced a process of
The 1709 Blog – http://the1709blog.blogspot.com/

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Copyright What is in the news: 4th May 2011

Here is the latest news from the world of copyright:

No time or money for copyright, say Indian designers
Mangalorean.com
But Indian designers are quite nonchalant about seeking copyright protection as they feel it will cost too much time and money. “There are so many fashion weeks these days, the designs are all available online within moments of the garments going on
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Judge weighing whether to dismiss copyright lawsuit
VEGAS INC
US District Judge Philip Pro is weighing whether to dismiss on fair use grounds a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Righthaven LLC against the man, Wayne Hoehn. Righthaven is the copyright enforcement partner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and
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Disney files copyright lawsuit against Dish Network
Entertainment Weekly
by Kate Ward The Walt Disney Co. has filed a copyright lawsuit against Dish Network, according to Reuters. The studio is alleging that the satellite television operator had handed out films like Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland to Dish subscribers
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US Man Pleads Guilty to Music Piracy Charges
PCWorld
By Grant Gross, IDG News A California man who participated in a so-called warez music-sharing group faces a sentence of five years in prison and a US$250000 fine after pleading guilty to copyright infringement charges in a California court.
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Judge Denies Copyright Holder the Right to Subpoena ISPs
Geekosystem
by James Plafke | 4:51 pm, May 3rd, 2011 District Court Judge Harold Baker has denied a copyright holder the right to subpoena internet service providers of alleged copyright infringers, because IP addresses are not people.
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Russia on US Piracy List for 14th Year
The Moscow Times
An estimated 18 million Americans work in software, music, movies and other industries that depend on strong enforcement of copyright and other intellectual property rights, Kirk said. Canada, India and eight other countries joined Russia and China on
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Canada still in copyright “hall of shame” according to the US
Ars Technica
By Nate Anderson | Last updated: May 3, 2011 11:39 AM Sorry, Canada—negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) wasn’t enough to show your commitment to “strong” intellectual property rights. If you want out of the American copyright
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