Tag: Copyright
Google's next step towards domination of the Information Age
In one of the greatest sleight of hand deals in intellectual property history, Google may be the repository of all books and similar publications coming out of the US.[MORE]
Accused Guns N Roses leaker to plead guilty
A man accused of illegally posting songs on the internet from an unreleased album by Guns N Roses has agreed to plead guilty, a federal prosecutor said on Tuesday (local time).[MORE]
Bishop 'caught red-handed' again: Emerson
The Federal Government says it has more evidence of the Deputy Opposition Leader, Julie Bishop, engaging in plagiarism.[MORE]
Theatre movie pirate gets 21 months in jail
A US man has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for illegally recording two movies with a camcorder in a Washington, DC, movie theatre, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) says.[MORE]
Judge orders new trial in online music piracy case
A US judge has ordered a new trial for a woman convicted of pirating music on the internet and denounced the awarding of $US222,000 ($266,000) in damages to record companies as "wholly disproportionate" and "oppressive."[MORE]
Spore creators sued over anti-piracy software
The freshly-launched Spore computer game that lets people play God has been hit with a lawsuit accusing its creators of slipping devilish anti-piracy software onto players' machines.[MORE]
Australian to head UN agency
An Australian has been appointed as the head of the United Nation's World Intellectual Property Organisation. [MORE]
Man charged over sale of pirated DVDs
The Australian Federal Police have arrested a 63-year-old man from the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield in connection with the sale of more than $220,000 worth of pirated movie and music DVDs.[MORE]
Judges tosses copyright suit against Veoh
A US judge has thrown out a copyright infringement case against Veoh Networks, an internet video start-up with high-profile Hollywood backers, ruling that video sharing companies are not solely responsible for policing piracy that may take place on their sites.[MORE]
ISPs called upon to crackdown on pirates
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Should ISPs crackdown on customers who illegally download movies and TV shows?[MORE]
Scrabulous pulled from Facebook in US and Canada
The creators of online Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous say they have pulled their application from US and Canadian Facebook pages due to a lawsuit filed by game-making giant Hasbro.[MORE]
Rapper Lil Wayne sued for Stones copyright breach
A musical publishing company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones' song Play With Fire has sued US rapper Lil Wayne, saying he released an altered version of the song without permission.[MORE]
Music mogul unafraid of piracy
Canadian Terry McBride, best known as the manager of pop megastar Avril Lavigne, is not afraid of music pirates.[MORE]
Judge orders Google to give YouTube user data to Viacom
A United States judge has ordered Google to give entertainment giant Viacom details of video-watching habits of visitors to its popular video-sharing website YouTube.[MORE]
Pirated Sex And The City DVDs seized in raid
Hundreds of DVDs believed to be pirated copies, including Sex And The City and Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, have been found by police during raids on video stores in Sydney's south-west.[MORE]
Film piracy 'funding' Islamic militants
Al Qaeda linked Islamic militants are suspected of rampant intellectual piracy in the Philippines, particularly of Hollywood films, to raise funds.[MORE]
Defunct TorrentSpy ordered to pay $116m
TorrentSpy bit the dust only weeks ago, shuttering its peer-to-peer file-sharing site. Now a federal judge has ordered the company pay the Motion Picture Association of America $US110 million ($116 million) for infringement of thousands of copyrighted film and TV shows.[MORE]
Pullmylink.com accused of aiding piracy
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is suing pullmylink.com - a website featuring links to free and allegedly pirated movies and TV shows - claiming the site promotes and profits from copyright infringement.[MORE]
Lucas takes Star Wars fight to High Court
Star Wars stormtroopers make a guest appearance at London's High Court.[MORE]
Raids uncover 8,000 pirated DVDs
Police have seized about 8,000 pirated DVDs during raids in western Sydney.[MORE]
Studios target China's Xunlei
Six US film studios are suing a Chinese internet company for allegedly violating the copyrights on several of their movies.[MORE]
Police shut down pirate DVD operation
Millions of dollars worth of pirated DVDs and DVD burners have been seized from a house in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine North.[MORE]
Software crackers crave a challenge
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Considered gods by some, software crackers say the challenge is a bigger motivation than the glory.[MORE]
US judge rules against Fleetwood Mac founder
A US judge has ruled in favour of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in a long-running dispute with Fleetwood Mac drummer, Mick Fleetwood, over distribution rights.[MORE]
Performers set for longer music rights
Performing artists should be entitled to keep copyright on recordings for 95 years instead of the current 50 years, the European Union's internal market chief says.[MORE]
