Tagged: Copyright & News
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Oracle vs Google – patent trial likely to begin in earnest today News
02.05.2012 After two days of deliberations by the jury in the Oracle vs Google copyright infringement lawsuit, a decision looms and it appears the case will now go into the patent phase.Categories: Software, Phones, Open Source, Mobility, Mobile, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Software & Web Development -
UK High Court orders ISPs to ban The Pirate Bay News
30.04.2012 The UK High Court has ruled that internet service providers (ISPs) must block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. -
Tim Berners-Lee: people would go to prison rather than lose internet News
24.04.2012 The inventor of the world wide web Tim Berners-Lee said people were absolutely right to take to the streets to protest SOPA, PIPA and ACTA and said disconnecting a family’s...Categories: Telecommunications, Social Media, Servers, Security, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media -
Oracle and Google CEOs in court over Android News
18.04.2012 Oracle’s Java lawsuit against Google’s Android OS has reached the courtroom with both Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Google CEO Larry Page giving testimony.Tags: Larry Ellison, Lawsuit, API, Copyright, Legal, US, Larry Page, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Google, Android, Java -
The legalities of cloud (infographic) News
17.04.2012 While cloud computing, which enables the use of files and applications over the internet, offers many benefits to companies, one of the biggest concerns surrounding the...Categories: Virtualisation, Legal, IT Management, Internet, Intellectual Property, Data Management, CIO -
Sound, vision and fury News
12.04.2012 Ongoing debates about digital media, copyright reform, piracy and internet freedom are just ‘raindrops’ in a much bigger flood that is about to hit the internet.Tags: Copyright, ACTA, SOPA, Innovation, Piracy, Legislation, ISP, Illegal Downloads, Copyright Infringement -
Sound, vision – and some fury – at Digital Rights Forum (videos) News
05.04.2012 In what was a stirring and exhilarating debate on Tuesday about Ireland’s copyright laws in which Innovation Minister Sean Sherlock made himself available to the public, the one...Categories: Research, R&D, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications -
#DRF2012 – Speeches on Ireland’s digital future (video) News
04.04.2012 Here are the speeches from yesterday’s Digital Rights Forum in Dublin, a stirring and exciting debate on the controversial statutory instrument, featuring Innovation Minister...Categories: R&D, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Legal, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications, Research -
Minister Sherlock extends olive branch to Simon McGarr News
02.04.2012 Innovation Minister Sean Sherlock TD told Silicon Republic tonight that he has had a change of heart and wishes to extend an invitation to solicitor Simon McGarr to attend the... -
Pinterest rows back – somewhat – in copyright debacle News
24.03.2012 Content-sharing website Pinterest today emailed members to inform them that it has changed its Terms of Service. The rapidly-growing social site had drawn the ire of many... -
Press council chief to chair public meeting on ‘Irish SOPA’ News
20.03.2012 The deadline has been extended on a public consultation on a proposed Copyright Review that arose from the signing of the controversial statutory instrument dubbed the Irish... -
Internet Association's public forum on Irish copyright review is live News
03.03.2012 The Irish Internet Association’s public forum on the Irish copyright review, open to members, the public and the ISP Association of Ireland (ISPAI) has gone live. Feedback from...Categories: Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Public debate on ‘Irish SOPA’ to begin before weekend News
01.03.2012 The Irish Internet Association’s public forum on the Irish copyright review is expected to go live by the weekend and will be open to the public, as well as IIA members. -
Irish Govt to review copyright laws – Sherlock confirms News
29.02.2012 The Irish Government is to conduct a review of the existing copyright laws, Innovation Minister Sean Sherlock, TD, told Siliconrepublic.com today. The recent outcry over a... -
Chinese firm takes Apple iPad legal battle to Silicon Valley News
24.02.2012 In the latest twist to the Apple iPad legal saga in China with the Shenzhen-based computer firm Proview Technology, the company is now suing Apple in California for what it is...Categories: -
EU Court of Justice to decide if ACTA breaches fundamental rights News
22.02.2012 The European Court of Justice is to review whether the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is incompatible with the EU’s fundamental rights and freedoms, the European...Categories: Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Consumer Tech, Communications, Games/Entertainment, Media -
Pinterest creates code to prevent content from being pinned News
21.02.2012 Pinterest has released code to allow websites to prevent their material from being pinned on the social pinboard service in an effort to help creators protect their copyrights. -
Minister welcomes European court ruling against filtering content News
16.02.2012 The Minister for Research and Innovation Sean Sherlock said he "welcomed" a decision from the European Court of Justice which ruled that social networks cannot be obliged to... -
Germany postpones decision to sign controversial ACTA treaty News
10.02.2012 As thousands of people in 200 European cities prepare to march in protest tomorrow against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), Germany has delivered a potentially... -
Ireland’s SOPA – the day of reckoning approaches News
06.02.2012 Tomorrow, the controversial statutory instrument concerning a change to the Copyright Act 2000 to correct a loophole in the legislation – dubbed ‘Ireland’s SOPA’ – goes before...