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09 Jan 2013
The Government is consulting on new laws which would extend producers' and performers' rights in sound recordings from 50 to 70 years.
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21 Dec 2012
Software companies will be permitted to use "technological protection measures" (TPM) to prevent consumers making copies of their works for private use under planned changes to copyright law, the Government has said.
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19 Dec 2012
The European Commission will propose new laws on cyber security as part of a revised programme of action that aims to improve the digital economy within the EU, it has said.
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18 Dec 2012
Businesses will be able to obtain patent protection for their inventions within 90 days of applying for it under plans to change the way the UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) works.
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29 Nov 2012
Google's opposition to proposed changes to copyright law in Germany is backed by the views of German legal professors in the areas of IT and copyright, an expert has said.
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22 Nov 2012
Internet service providers (ISPs) will decide whether libraries, cafes and other public Wi-Fi network providers should be served with letters warning them that their service is being used to infringe copyright, Ofcom's head of copyright has said.
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20 Nov 2012
Fewer than one in four UK internet users that engaged in copyright infringing activity during a three month period earlier this year said they would be put off from repeating the offence if they knew they would receive a letter to tell them that their...
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20 Nov 2012
Members of the House of Lords have criticised proposed new legislation which would enable the Government to make changes to the UK's copyright law framework.
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12 Nov 2012
The High Court will determine whether a Dutch company, its managing director and two employees are liable for infringements of database rights and copyright as well as a breach of confidence after rejecting claims that the case should be heard in the...
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08 Nov 2012
Businesses do not have a general claim of ownership over the content in staff emails, a High Court judge has said.
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