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Danish newspapers try to ban deep linking

22 11 2008

Organisations the world over are transitioning to ever-more mature Web 2.0 incarnations and starting to have philosophical discussions about what will constitute Web 3.0.

Meanwhile, the Danish Association of Newspaper Publishers, apparently stuck in early 90s, is still trying to grasp a basic Web 1.0 concept: hyperlinking:

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Categories : Copyright, International IP Law

Inaction on disconnect pleas at root of Aussie ISP lawsuit

21 11 2008

Major movie studios aren’t happy that Australian ISP iiNet won’t disconnect users after receiving evidence that they have been sharing movies over BitTorrent. iiNet doesn’t want to play traffic cop, but Australian law does demand it have (and act on) a disconnection policy for copyright infringers.

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Categories : Copyright, Copyright Safe Harbor, Digital Rights Management, International IP Law

Canadian regulators allow P2P throttling

20 11 2008

Canada’s telecom regulator won’t stop Bell Canada from throttling P2P traffic on its retail and wholesale Internet services, but it will launch an entirely new inquiry into the big questions surrounding traffic management and network neutrality.

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Categories : International IP Law

Here comes the Canadian DMCA again

19 11 2008

Today’s Speech from the Throne (PDF) included one line about copyright:

“Our Government will proceed with legislation to modernize Canada’s copyright laws and ensure stronger protection for intellectual property.“

One year ago, the same government included a similar line in their Speech from the Throne and the result was Bill-61 (which thankfully died on the order paper when this fall’s election was called). Despite the blowback they received this past spring and summer about that bill, I doubt the next incarnation will be much better.

Hopefully the new Industry Minister is a bit more clueful than the last and takes feedback from Canadians more seriously.

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Categories : DMCA, International IP Law

Antipiracy group pushes 10 years jail time for UK infringers

19 11 2008

The Federation Against Software Theft is miffed at the UK Intellectual Property Office for not considering “recommended” changes to the copyright law that would punish online copyright infringers with 10 years of imprisonment in order to “bring parity with commercial dealing in pirated works.”

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Categories : Copyright, International IP Law

Kodak sues LG and Samsung over alleged patent violations

18 11 2008

Kodak has filed suit against LG and Samsung in New York district court, alleging that both companies are infringing on two of its patents related to digital imaging. The company has also filed a complaint with the International Trade Organization to bar the companies form importing infringing products into the US.

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Categories : International IP Law, Patent

Chinese pirates crack Blu-ray DRM, sell pirated HD discs

17 11 2008

A recent bust in China netted several hundred pirated HD discs ripped from Blu-ray masters. The discs were only 720p, not 1080p, but their mere existence shows that Blu-ray’s amped-up DRM schemes, AACS and BD+, won’t be enough to stop pirates.

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Categories : Digital Rights Management, International IP Law, Software Piracy

French court green lights lawsuits against P2P vendors

17 11 2008

Limewire, Vuze, Shareaza, and Morpheus can all be sued on French soil, a court has ruled. Recent copyright law changes in France mean that creators and distributors of software “manifestly” designed to swap content illegally can be prosecuted, fined, and even tossed in jail.

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Categories : Copyright, International IP Law, Jurisdiction

Strong IP system boosts knowledge economy development

17 11 2008

Strong intellectual property protection is essential to the economic growth of developing countries, according to a senior official with the World Intellectual Property Association. “It is a myth and complete misunderstanding to think that IP protection is not important. It is relevant to all countries wanting to build up their economy,” stated the WIPO official.

Ensuring strong intellectual property protection also encourages innovation, which is particularly important as it relates to medical innovation. Patients around the world benefit from the development of new medical treatments as well as improvements to existing technologies, products and processes.

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Categories : International IP Law, IP Philosophies and History

IP-Centric Blawg Review

15 11 2008

This week’s Blawg Review #185 is up at Duncan Bucknell’s IP Think Tank — click here to read it. It will be no surprise to Bucknell’s readers (including me) that his theme is global intellectual property. Of course, Bucknell focuses on the Bilski decision — for example, IP Blawg and IP Spotlight. Bucknell also looks at some posts regarding how the changing administration will impact IP law, including two posts from Patent Docs (click here and here) and the IAM Blog.

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