The WTO Panel has released its decision in the U.S. complaint against China over its IP laws. It ruled against China on certain elements, but dismissed a complaint involving criminal enforcement. Canada participated in the case as a third party against China, a matter that I will explore in a […]
News
UK Drops Plans For ISP Three Strikes and You’re Out Approach
The Times reports that the UK government has dropped plans to implement a "three strikes and you're out" approach for ISPs, acknowledging that the proposal raised very complex legal issues to enforce disconnecting Internet users.
Warner Music Demands Takedown Of Music Posted on Own Band’s Website
Consistent with my column this week on takedowns, Mashable points to an incident where Warner Music Group demanded the removal of a video posted to YouTube that was used by the band itself to promote its music.
Pirating the 2009 Oscars
Waxy posts data on the availability of unauthorized copies of Oscar-nominated movies. The site finds that virtually all movies have been posted to file sharing networks and that the source for almost all of those movies are screener copies distributed by the studios, not poor quality camcorded copies that the […]
France Announces Subsidies for Print Industry
In light of the long list of government supports likely to be announced this week in the budget, it is interesting to see that France has unveiled a series of measures to support the print industry including a free one-year newspaper subscription for all French teenagers on their 18th birthday, […]
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