Tagged: Copyright Infringement & News
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Record labels’ Pirate Bay case against ISPs fast-tracked to the Commercial Court News
18.12.2012 The High Court has fast-tracked the case being taken by big four record labels against Vodafone, UPC, Digiweb, Imagine and Hutchison 3G seeking the blockage of torrent site The...Tags: Imagine , Illegal Downloads, 3, UPC, Digiweb, Vodafone, ISPs, Copyright Infringement, The Pirate Bay -
Nine-year-old’s Winnie the Pooh laptop seized in anti-piracy sting News
22.11.2012 In a clear case of anti-piracy measures gone mad, a nine-year-old Finnish girl’s Winnie the Pooh laptop has been seized by Finnish police over alleged copyright infringement... -
Almost half of UK internet users not sure if they’ve accessed illegal content News
20.11.2012 Nearly half of all internet users in the UK (47pc) are unsure whether the content they are accessing online is illegal, a new survey by telecoms watchdog Ofcom reveals. The... -
ITC judge rules that Samsung infringed four of Apple’s patents News
25.10.2012 An administrative law judge from the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a preliminary ruling that Samsung violated one design patent, one hardware patent and two... -
Japanese law threatening jail terms for illegal downloaders comes into effect News
01.10.2012 Earlier this year, as a result of lobbying from the music industry, politicians in Japan voted to change the legislation around illegal file sharing to impose prison terms of up... -
New Zealand PM orders inquiry into Kim Dotcom surveillance and arrest News
24.09.2012 The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key has ordered an inquiry into potential unlawful spying on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, who is fighting extradition to the US.Categories: Security, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
UPDATED: Gottfrid Svartholm, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, arrested in Cambodia News
03.09.2012 Gottfrid Svartholm, co-founder of contentious file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, has been arrested in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh, at the request of the Swedish...Categories: Legal, Intellectual Property -
Apple adds Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note 10.1 to list of devices it wants banned in US News
03.09.2012 Apple has updated its complaint against Samsung’s infringement on its patents in a second court case to be held in California. The latest additions bring the count up to 21... -
The jailing of Anton Vickerman – recording industry wants to make harsh examples News
16.08.2012 Yesterday the first person in the UK for linking to pirated copies of TV shows and movies was jailed for four years. To many advocates of net freedom this is an injustice since... -
Google’s new search algorithms crack down on piracy, but YouTube is unscathed News
13.08.2012 On Friday, Google announced an update to its search algorithms that will roll out this week. This update now takes copyright infringement into account, and sites found in...Tags: The Pirate Bay, Piracy, YouTube, Algorithms, Search, Google, Copyright Infringement, Copyright -
Apple scores a win in German courts: Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7.7 faces EU ban News
24.07.2012 In the latest from the German court where Apple and Samsung are fighting it out over patents, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1N has survived the fray, but the 7.7 model has been hit...Categories: Software Development, Software, Legal, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: Galaxy Tab, Patents, Copyright Infringement, Copyright, iPad, Apple, Samsung, Tablet, Tablet Computers -
Uniloc sues Minecraft, EA and others for patent infringement News
23.07.2012 Copy protection software company Uniloc has filed a lawsuit citing 10 companies – including Electronic Arts and Mojang, developer of Minecraft – whom it alleges have infringed... -
Apple ordered to let UK consumers know that Samsung did not copy iPad design News
19.07.2012 A judge in the UK has ordered Apple to post a notice on its website and in newspapers and magazines informing people that Samsung did not in fact copy its design for the iPad.Tags: iPad, Tablet Computers, Tablet, Samsung, Apple, Copyright Infringement, Copyright, Patent, Patents, Legal, -
Ofcom issues new code for ISPs in copyright infringement disputes News
26.06.2012 UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom has published a new draft code that would require large ISPs to inform customers of allegations that their internet connections have been used to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, CIO -
Copyright Review Commission extends deadline News
29.05.2012 The deadline for submissions to the Copyright Review Commission about changes to Ireland’s copyright law in the aftermath of the signing of a notorious statutory instrument to...Categories: R&D, Multimedia, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
US jury decides Google’s Android infringes Oracle’s Java copyright News
08.05.2012 The US jury in the high-profile copyright battle between Google and Oracle has decided Google’s Android operating system infringes Oracle’s rights to Java.Categories: Software & Web Development, Phones, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property -
Virgin Media is the first UK ISP to block The Pirate Bay News
03.05.2012 After the UK High Court ruled on Monday that internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK must block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, it has emerged that Virgin Media is the... -
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 -
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...