Minister Launches New IP Guidance for Businesses on Visit to Scotland

A new guide for businesses in the UK to make sure they don’t fall foul of intellectual property laws has been launched today. Preventing Infringement of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights in the Workplace provides companies with advice on how they can...

UK Government Accepts Right to Private Digital Copying of Legitimately Purchased Music

The British Government has announced plans to support economic growth by modernizing UK intellectual property laws. Ministers have accepted the recommendations made in an independent review which estimate a potential benefit to the UK economy of up to...

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...

A.P. Biting the Hand That Feeds (Traffic To) Them

Last week, the Associated Press sent the Drudge Retort seven DMCA takedown notices, demanding that the site remove excerpts of AP articles ranging from 33 to 79 words that were linked through to authorized copies of the AP stories.

Federal Judge Upholds Right of Vendor to Sue Against Anti-Consumer Copyright Claim

A California software company’s “license agreement” it includes with copies of its products does not prohibit buyers from reselling the software on sites such as eBay or anywhere else, a federal judge ruled today.