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Copyright gone mad

New EU Directive threatens the Internet as we know it

And so it has come to this, the great copyright battle of our time. After a troubled process that has spanned various stages of development, we finally have a proposed compromise text on the Digital Single Market Directive, the latest part of a future directive overhauling copyright for the digital Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 2 years2 years ago
Copyright

Why The Pirate Bay can’t be shut down

On December 9 2014, Swedish police raided the servers of the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, and finally managed to shut down the service for the first time since its creation in 2003. Police acted from a complaint from Swedish rights holder anti-piracy group Rights Alliance, and while I have Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 6 years2 years ago
Cases

European court allows website blocking

The European Court of Justice has produced a very interesting ruling with regards to injunctions ordering intermediaries to block websites which make available infringing content. This has been a hot legal topic in recent years due to the strategy used by various content owners when attempting to tackle copyright infringement; Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 7 years7 years ago
Copyright

Copyright Week: Has the copyright war been won?

All of this week blogs and websites around the globe have been celebrating Copyright Week, an initiative by the EFF to celebrate two years of the defeat of SOPA/PIPA. Copyright Week consists of a series of articles analysing the future of copyright reform, showcased in a number of sites and Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 7 years7 years ago
ISP liability

UK court issues more blocking orders

Following a series of cases in which the High Court of England and Wales has granted blocking orders, a new injunction has been issued against two websites called SolarMovie and TubePlus. In Paramount Home Entertainment International Ltd & Ors v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 3479 (Ch), Arnold J Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 7 years7 years ago
Copyright

How effective are blocking orders against torrent sites?

The High Court of England and Wales has produced another blocking order for UK Internet service providers (ISPs) against three torrent sites. The action was brought by the British Recorded Music Industry (BPI) against the main UK ISPs in order to obtain a blocking order against three torrent indexing sites, Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 8 years8 years ago
Copyright

Argentinian court calls Cuevana blocking request “broad and disproportionate”

An interesting case from Argentina. A judge has received and rejected a request from HBO Ole Partners, the Latin American branch of HBO, to block access to the popular streaming site Cuevana. In case you have not heard about it, Cuevana is an Argentinian streaming site that offers high-quality movies free Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 8 years8 years ago
Español

Autores, fotocopias y educación en Costa Rica

Durante los últimos días hemos presenciado un lamentable ataque contra el Congreso y la Fuerza Pública por parte de elementos opuestos al veto presidencial de la Ley 17342 que reforma varios artículos de la legislación vigente de observancia de derechos de propiedad intelectual. El ataque ha sido propiciado por una Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 9 years9 years ago
Copyright gone mad

Is Panama about to pass the worst copyright law in history?

In a Rogue’s Gallery of copyright legislation, many efforts deserve mention. The DMCA is surely there, together with Japan’s new copyright law, the Digital Economy Act, and Ley Sinde. But a new Panamanian copyright bill is giving those laws a run for their money. The excellent project at Infojustice.org have Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 9 years9 years ago
Copyright

More on Pinterest and copyright

Source: google.ca via Andres on Pinterest It seems like the Pinterest copyright meme refuses to die. Some days ago I wrote a short analysis of what I believed were the main issues in this subject, particularly concentrating on the fair use and DMCA take-down aspects of the question. In my Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 9 years9 years ago

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