In an attempt to stamp out copyright piracy in the Kingdom, the Intellectual Property Department will aggressively monitor new technology entering the country that could be used for infringement.
Director-general Kanissorn ...
The British music group EMI has opened an online music copyright information search engine in an attempt to prevent illegal Internet downloading in China. Users can search for a song's ...
Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) president/CEO Gary Shapiro today lambasted the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) concerning a letter the latter group sent to Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) that discussed ...
Levies are a way of compensating copyrights holders for the fact that people copy music for non-commercial purposes in their homes, a phenomenon known as “private copying.” For reasons I’ll ...
A higher German court has ruled to uphold a decision by a lower court to ban the sale of used software licenses, in a case involving a subsidiary of Oracle.
The ...
An industry-wide standard on the copy controls for digital entertainment is needed to aid consumers, the trade body for 7,000 US music stores has said.
If a compatible system cannot be ...
Yet another motion to dismiss a complaint has been denied in Texas, again with the judge saying that he has "incomplete understanding of the P2P technology at this stage" to ...
Accompanied by heavy lobbying, the German authorities are currently debating an amendment to the Copyright Act - the so-called `second basket' of copyright reform.
In the autumn of 2003, Germany transposed ...
As announced back in May this year, the Australian government is funding research into the nature, impact and extent of criminal copyright infringement.
To be undertaken by the Australian Institute of ...
A Los Angeles video news service sued YouTube Inc. on Friday in federal court for allowing its users to upload copyrighted video footage onto the popular Web site, including the ...
Movie and song copiers beware: Use an Internet discussion site in Hong Kong to violate copyrights and you may be turned in to law enforcement authorities by an 11-year-old Boy ...
Technology commentator Bill Thompson on music industry proposals to "tax" net providers who carry music as part of their internet traffic.
Earlier this month the Association of Independent Music had one ...
A time-honored bar tradition — singing loudly and badly — has landed a local pub in a lawsuit.
The Bull & Bear Pub in Syracuse’s Hanover Square is being sued for ...
The raid on the PirateBay, and the responses in Sweden to the case motivated a lot of pirates around the globe to organize themselves into Pirate Parties.
The UK's independent music labels want a change in the law so internet service providers (ISPs) become liable for illegal file-sharing by their users.
The Association of Independent Music (Aim) has ...
A federal appeals judge says sanitizing movies on D-V-D or V-H-S tape violates U-S copyright laws.
U-S District Judge Richard Matsch (MAYCH) has ruled that editing movies to delete objectionable language, ...
In a move that would have broad implications for software, movies, music and pharmaceuticals, the U.S. said Thursday it may sue China as early as this fall for failing to ...
He's bent the ear of world leaders on social causes. He's a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. He's a rock star. But could the lead singer of U2 also become a ...
New radio technologies have music industry and radio officials at odds over fair use of audio and video digital transmissions.
The implementation of audio and video flags to block unauthorized distribution ...
On Thursday, June 22, 2006 the Spanish Congress voted to implement a tax on all blank media, including flash memory sticks, blank cd and dvd-rs, even mobile phones and printers. ...
