Copyright
Hyperlinks killed the radio star: High Court of England and Wales ‘Tunes In’ to the radio streaming debate
9 December 2019
Last month, the High Court of England and Wales delivered its judgment in a test-case for copyright and Internet communications: Warner Music UK Ltd & Sony Music UK Ltd v TuneIn Inc.
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UK Premier League scores big in battle against illegal streaming devices
12 November 2019
A recent case of the City of London Magistrate’s Court has become the first in the United Kingdom to definitively rule that the sale of illegal streaming devices constitutes a breach of copyright law.
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‘Dark Horse’ in the spotlight for music theft – copyright ready for a perfect storm, a perfect storm
19 September 2019
A jury in California recently handed down a $US2.78 million verdict against Katy Perry and writers of the 2013 hit ‘Dark Horse’ for copying from a Christian rap song ‘Joyful Noise’.
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Artificial-Impressionists: a movement of AI-generated artwork
2 November 2018
Remember Naruto, the monkey that took a selfie?
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“13 Reasons Why” to watch Article 13 – Copyright reform in the European Union
21 September 2018
Last week, a plenary session of the European Parliament has voted to adopt changes to the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (or the Copyright Directive for short), that was first introduced by the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs on 20 June 2018.
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‘Sexy’ stamp leaves United States Postal Service blushing
17 July 2018
The United States Government, acting through the United States Postal Service (USPS) has been ordered to pay US $3.5 million for copyright infringement after accidentally using a replica Statue of Liberty on its 2011 Forever Stamp.
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The Best Laid Plans: West Australian Supreme Court rules on copyright in building drawings
6 March 2018
In Milankov Designs & Project Management Pty Ltd v Di Latte [2018] WASC 14, the WA Supreme Court has handed down a cautionary copyright tale to all prospective home builders.
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Gotta catch ‘em all – Pokémon Company International, Inc. v Redbubble Ltd
15 January 2018
In the battle against copyright infringement in the online world, rights holders are increasingly targeting aggregators and disseminators of infringing content, rather than doing battle with individual infringers themselves.
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All’s fair in love and war? The limits of the “fair dealing” copyright exception
7 August 2017
The Fair Dealing-Fair Use war has been raging in Australia since antiquity.
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