Fox And National Public Radio Have Something in Common: Taking Down Obvious Fair Uses

The Fox News Channel boasts that it takes a different approach to news coverage than, say, CBS, NBC, or NPR. But it appears Fox takes the same approach as its competitors when it comes to fair uses of its news coverage in political advertisements: to...

Islamic Educational, Scientific And Cultural Organization to Hold Copyright Symposium in Algiers

In association with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) is scheduled to hold a symposium on the economic importance of Copyright and related rights, from 24 to 26...

Cameroon Supreme Court Orders Ministry of Culture to Stop SOCAM Operations

The Supreme Court in Cameroon has ordered the Ministry of Culture to halt the activities of the copyright body, Civil Society of Musical Art (SOCAM), to which it granted a license at the end of last year. It rejected two appeals entered by this department,...

Nigerian Leader Reiterates Commitment to Curbing Copyright Violations And Piracy

Nigerian President Umaru Yar’adua has reiterated his government’s commitment to strengthen relevant government agencies for the challenge of curbing piracy and violation of copyright laws. Receiving a delegation of the World Intellectual Property...

Senegal’s Pressafrik.com Issues Summons Against 3 Senegalese Portals for “unfair Competition And Copyright Breach”

The online information website Pressafrik.com has issued a summons against three Senegalese portals for “unfair competition and copyright breach”. The accused portals are seneweb.com, xibar.net, and galsentv.com. “Internet is not a lawless space”,...

Fox News Censoring Political Expression – Political Opinion

In a scenario that has become depressingly familiar, a news organization has again used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) to censor legitimate political speech. Citizen Media Law Project reports that YouTube canceled Progress Illinois’...

Intellectual Property Office Sets Out Framework to Guide the UK’s Copyright Policy

The Intellectual Property Office has set out a framework to guide the UK’s copyright policy for the 21st century. The Intellectual Property Office is seeking input from key players in the creative industries.

‘We Didn’t Mean It’ – Google Removes Ownership Claim From New Browser Chrome’s EULA

Following complaints by users, Google has removed the section of Google Chrome’s end-user license agreement which claims that Google has the right to use any content submitted through its browser in virtually any way it wants.

Judge Rules Content Owners Must Consider Fair Use Before Sending Takedowns

A judge’s ruling this week is a major victory for free speech and fair use on the Internet, and will help protect everyone who creates content for the Web. In Lenz v. Universal (aka the “dancing baby” case), Judge Jeremy Fogel held that...