Tag Archives: infringement
-
Optus’ TV Now: loophole or larceny?
Posted on 二月 3, 2012 by adminsampsung in CopyrightBy Stephen Bartholomeusz About nine months ago the AFL pulled of a remarkable coup, and excited the other sporting codes, when it sold its broadcast rights to Foxtel, Seven and Telstra for cash and contra deals worth $1.25 billion. Today a significant slice of that value – and hundreds of millions of dollars of prospective revenue [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading... -
Composer sues Gingrich over use of hit song
Posted on 二月 3, 2012 by adminsampsung in CopyrightBy Sydney Morning Herald The composer of the hit song Eye of the Tiger has sued Newt Gingrich to stop the Republican presidential candidate from using the Rocky III anthem at campaign events. The lawsuit was filed on Monday in the US federal court in Chicago by Rude Music Inc., the Palatine, Ill-based music publishing company owned by Frank Sullivan, [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading... -
Innocent infringement is not a defence, says Judge Birss QC
Posted on 一月 31, 2012 by adminsampsung in Copyrightby Eleonora Rosati at The1709blog These are interesting times for copyright and photography in the UK. Following by one week his decision in Temple Islands Collection (noted in this Blog here), His Honour Judge Birss QC published his ruling in David Hoffman v Drug Abuse Resistance Education (UK) Limited [2012] EWPCC 2. This was an action for damages for copyright infringement, brought by photographer David [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading... -
Red bus suggests copyright law is not black and white
Posted on 一月 25, 2012 by adminsampsung in Copyrightby Rosie Burbidge @ Art and Artifice Blog A recent case in the UK Patents County Court concerned the nature and scope of copyright protection for a computer manipulated monochrome photograph of a bright red bus going over Westminster Bridge. The photograph may be of a specific subject matter but the case has much wider implications for the worlds [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading... -
Federal indictment claims popular Web site Megaupload.com shared pirated material
Posted on 一月 20, 2012 by adminsampsung in CopyrightBy Sari Horwitz and Cecilia Kang, Friday, January 20 Federal authorities shut down one of the Web’s most popular sites Thursday on charges that it illegally shared movies, television shows and e-books, prompting hackers to retaliate by blocking access to several Web sites, including those of the Justice Department and Universal Music. The shutdown of Megaupload was part of a federal indictment [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...
