Posts Tagged ‘EU’

3 Count: That Was Fast…

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Pink Floyd Win Court Battle with EMI
First off today, just a day after we first reported on the lawsuit, Pink Floyd has emerged victorious in their battle against their label EMI. EMI will have to pay back royalties to the band as [...]



3 Count: Australia Day

By Jonathan Bailey • Jan 26th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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1: EU to Assess Piracy Detection Software
First off today, Privacy International has filed a complaint with the European Commission on the ISP Virgin’s potential use of a deep packet inspection system named CView to detect illegal file sharing. According to the group, such [...]



3 Count: C’est la Levy

By Jonathan Bailey • Jan 14th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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1: France Planning Google Books Rival
France has announced that they are planning a book scanning project to rival Google Book Search. This project will include one million documents already scanned in a related database and will expand through deals with publishers. Though seen [...]



3 Count: GPL Inside

By Jonathan Bailey • Dec 15th, 2009 • Category: 3 Count

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1: European Commission Welcomes Ratification of the WIPO Copyright Treaties
First off today the European Union (EU) has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty. Collectively, these treaties are known as the “Internet” treaties and [...]



3 Count: Skype This

By Jonathan Bailey • Nov 6th, 2009 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Skype Founders Set to Get 10 Percent, Option to Buy Three Percent More and Two Board Seats
First off today, Skype users can rejoice as it appears the Skype lawsuit has been settled. The case, which saw the two original founders of the [...]



3 Count: Tug of War

By Jonathan Bailey • Sep 8th, 2009 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Google modifies Europe book plans
First off today Google has offered some concessions on its Google Books Search product in a bid to appease European governments and publishers. The project, which works to scan out-of-print but in-copyright works for publication on the Web [...]



3 Count: Something Different

By Jonathan Bailey • Aug 28th, 2009 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Isohunt judge says MPAA has yet to prove direct infringment
First off today, it has been a rough year for bittorrent trackers all over the world, but one site, Isohunt, may have scored a small legal win. The judge in their case against [...]



3 Count: Seeing Redbox

By Jonathan Bailey • Aug 18th, 2009 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Ustream Sued By Boxing Promoter Over Pirated Broadcast
First off today, livestreaming site Ustream is in legal hot water after being sued by a boxing promotional company owned by Roy Jones Jr., Square Ring Inc., after a recent pay-per-view match between Roy Jones [...]



3 Count: EU Uh Oh

By Jonathan Bailey • Jul 21st, 2009 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Google Books Accord Reviewed by EU to Assess Effects
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Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 114

By Jonathan Bailey • Jun 8th, 2009 • Category: Podcast

It is Monday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.
It was a busy week for copyright news with updates on a variety of ongoing stories including the role of ISPs when dealing with piracy, both here and abroad, more information about Obama’s Supreme Court nominee as [...]