Tag: copyright
Obituary Piracy Website Ordered to Pay CAD20mn Damages by Canadian Court
Creators of digital archives are likely to suffer heavier penalties if they use content in a way that the owners find upsetting.
17 Years of Prison for UK TV Pirates; Spanish Police Leads ‘Big Hit’ on Euro Pirate Servers
Copyright infringement is not a victimless crime, and the heavy hand of the law is being used to keep it in check.
TUFF Issues Apology for Commsrisk Copyright Breach
The Telecommunications UK Fraud Forum (TUFF) has promised to cover intellectual property rights in future versions of their training courses.
Telco Fraud Forum Repeatedly Broke the Law
The Telecommunications UK Fraud Forum (TUFF) stole intellectual property from multiple victims.
Italian Court Holds Facebook Liable for Links to Unlicensed Videos
The Court awarded damages of EUR30,000 after Facebook failed to rapidly remove links to the video of a song.
1 Million Anti-Piracy Warnings Emailed by UK ISPs
The reported success of the "Get it Right" campaign may just reflect changing patterns in how people infringe copyright.
Record Number of US File-Sharing Piracy Lawsuits
Two porn streaming businesses are responsible for lodging more than half of all copyright cases in the USA last year.
Top EU Lawyer Says Germany Cannot Enforce Net Copyright Law
The EU was not given proper notification of a German law that limits web quotations from press articles.
First Greek Net Blocking Orders Prove Ineffective
Greece is the latest country to discover that if you block a specific URL then pirates will simply move their site to a different URL.
YouTube Lobbies Users about EU Upload Filters
YouTube's #SaveYourInternet campaign is more about creating an ideal competitive environment for YouTube than protecting Europeans from robotic censorship.
Sky and BBC Tell EU to Protest Saudi TV Piracy
Though the beoutQ pirates began by restreaming content from Qatari TV, the European Commission may also complain about Saudi indifference to copyright abuse.
Court Orders Telia to Block The Pirate Bay
Telia will appeal an interim decision to block The Pirate Bay and other websites, saying "this is a matter of truly principal importance for us and for the Internet".
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