Category Archives: Copyright
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He who D.A.R.E.’s infringe copyright fails… but what’s the damage?
Posted on 二月 22, 2012 by adminsampsung in CopyrightBy Rosie Burbidge @ Art and Artifice There have been a number of recent cases in the Patents County Court for England and Wales which have affected the world of art. The “red bus” decision has attracted the most attention but another case, Hoffman v D.A.R.E, regarding the application of the “innocent infringer” defence and calculation of damages [...]
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BGH: hyperlinks, freedom of expression and copyright infringing software
Posted on 二月 22, 2012 by adminsampsung in Copyrightby Birgit Clark @ The IPKat on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 In October 2010, the Bundesgerichtshof (“BGH”), Germany’s highest court in civil law matters, decided in the ‘AnyDVD’ case (case reference I ZR 191/08) a lawsuit brought by several music companies against Heise Verlag, an online publisher specializing in IT and computer news (see the IPKat’s earlier report here). [...]
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Pirate Bay “a stronger case” of infringement than Newzbin
Posted on 二月 20, 2012 by adminsampsung in CopyrightBy Jeremy @The 1709 Blog Dramatico Entertainment Ltd & others v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd & others [2012] EWHC 268 (Ch)(20 February 2012) is today’s big British copyright news. Mr Justice Arnold, sitting in the Chancery Division, England and Wales, gave judgment. This blogger hasn’t yet had a chance to read the details, but this is how Music Week saw [...]
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Copyright in [reporting] a murder case
Posted on 二月 10, 2012 by adminsampsung in Copyrightby Elizabeth Emerson @ Art and Artifice Some unusual discussions on copyright infringement were raised last month following the sad case of murdered infant Declan Hainey in Scotland. Declan’s body was found in March 2010, having been hidden for some months by his mother Kimberley Hainey. In December 2011 Kimberley Hainey was convicted of her son’s murder, [...]
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When Irish ISPs aren’t smiling
Posted on 二月 10, 2012 by adminsampsung in Copyrightby David Brophy @ IPKat on Thursday, 9 February 2012 The mainstream news media in Ireland have been devoting an unusual amount of space to a proposed amendment to the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000. The amendment will provide copyright owners with the explicit right to obtain an injunction against an intermediary, such as an internet service provider, despite that [...]
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