http://www.out-law.com/en/ Latest legal news on copyright from OUT-LAW.COM, part of international law firm Pinsent Masons en-gb Pinsent Masons LLP Tue, 22 May 2012 13:58:13 +0100 http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/meltwater-and-newspaper-licensing-agency-agreement-on-licence-terms-for-end-user-are-reasonable-tribunal-rules/ http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/meltwater-and-newspaper-licensing-agency-agreement-on-licence-terms-for-end-user-are-reasonable-tribunal-rules/ Copyright The fees that businesses will have to pay news aggregators of newspaper's online content for their services have been set after a Copyright Tribunal determined the terms were "reasonable". Mon, 21 May 2012 14:04:00 +0100 http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/creative-bodies-to-work-towards-single-standard-mechanism-for-copyright-licensing/ http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/creative-bodies-to-work-towards-single-standard-mechanism-for-copyright-licensing/ Copyright A range of organisations from across the global creative industries have formed a coalition with the aim of developing a universal standard framework for licensing out use of their copyrighted material. Fri, 18 May 2012 14:09:00 +0100 http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/courts-put-software-in-danger-with-copyright-confusion-says-expert/ http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/courts-put-software-in-danger-with-copyright-confusion-says-expert/ Copyright OPINION: Software is at the heart of all our lives, both at work and at home. But if courts are not more careful about how they treat it, they could end up making it nearly impossible to make any new software at all.  Wed, 16 May 2012 16:19:00 +0100 http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/government-anticipates-june-publication-of-new-anti-piracy-regulations/ http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/government-anticipates-june-publication-of-new-anti-piracy-regulations/ Copyright UPDATED: A new code of practice setting out new anti-piracy measures and procedures is expected to be published next month, the Government has said. Tue, 15 May 2012 14:13:00 +0100 http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/pirate-parties-hit-out-at-censorship-following-dutch-ruling-on-the-pirate-bay-proxies/ http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/pirate-parties-hit-out-at-censorship-following-dutch-ruling-on-the-pirate-bay-proxies/ Copyright A Dutch court has ordered a political party in the country to remove links to proxy websites that allow internet users to circumvent blocking measures designed to prevent them accessing a copyright-infringing website. Tue, 15 May 2012 09:33:00 +0100 http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/perfect-10-and-google-agree-to-end-long-running-us-copyright-case/ http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/perfect-10-and-google-agree-to-end-long-running-us-copyright-case/ Copyright A publisher of adult photos can no longer raise claims that Google infringed its copyright in the US following a stipulation by a district court in California. Mon, 14 May 2012 12:21:00 +0100 http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/search-engines-plans-to-help-combat-piracy-seek-extra-safeguards-that-existing-eu-law-does-not-provide-expert-says/ http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/search-engines-plans-to-help-combat-piracy-seek-extra-safeguards-that-existing-eu-law-does-not-provide-expert-says/ Copyright Plans developed by search engines that would shape how rights holders engage with them over the removal of links to copyright infringing content seek to introduce new thresholds over notice and takedown standards that EU law does not require, an expert has said. Tue, 08 May 2012 14:55:00 +0100 http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/google-calls-for-mistrial-after-jurys-partial-findings-of-infringement-in-oracle-case/ http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/google-calls-for-mistrial-after-jurys-partial-findings-of-infringement-in-oracle-case/ Copyright Google infringed on Oracle's rights by using elements of the software firm's Java platform within its Android operating system without a licence to do so, a US court has ruled.  Tue, 08 May 2012 14:18:00 +0100 http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/computer-program-functionality-not-copyrightable-but-programming-languages-and-file-formats-may-be-protected-by-the-copyright-directive-ecj-rules/ http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/computer-program-functionality-not-copyrightable-but-programming-languages-and-file-formats-may-be-protected-by-the-copyright-directive-ecj-rules/ Copyright The way a computer program functions is not copyrightable, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.  Thu, 03 May 2012 09:40:00 +0100 http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/high-court-orders-isps-to-block-the-pirate-bay/ http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/may/high-court-orders-isps-to-block-the-pirate-bay/ Copyright A group of five UK internet service providers (ISPs) have been ordered to block their customers' access to a file-sharing website. 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