Neelie Kroes: Copyright and Innovation in the Creative Industries
The following is an excerpt from a speech given by Neelie Kroes at the 2012 Intellectual Property and Innovation Summit, hosted by The Lisbon Council in Brussels.
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No More Pennies; No More Royalties
Musician David Gunning’s new album entitled “No More Pennies” features images of the Canadian penny as part of its album art. The album features a picture of a young man with a pile of spare change (including pennies), an image of a setting sun/penny, and an image of a steam train with pennies for wheels. […]
EU Adopts Public-Use Policy for Orphan Works
On Thursday, September 13, 2012, the European Parliament adopted a new directive stating that cinematographic and audiovisual works as well as phonograms that are protected by copyright but whose rights holders cannot be found could be made available to the public across the EU.
UK IPO Endorses Streamlined Copyright Hub
In July the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) released a report on copyright licensing in the digital age. The report details the response of the UK Government to Professor Ian Hargreaves’ recommendation of a Digital Copyright Exchange (DCE).
The Impact of Free Music Downloads on the Purchase of Music CDs in Canada
This report examines data on the effects of Internet peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing activities on music purchasing which were obtained from a survey commissioned by Industry Canada. The survey was designed to “inform Industry Canada’s policy development work” [1] and ultimately therefore support better policy decisions regarding the copyright law in Canada.
Potential Sabotage: Is that What’cha Want?
Michael “Mike D” Diamond, Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and the estate of the recently deceased Adam “MCA” Yauch (“the Beastie Boys”) have launched an action against Monster Energy Drink (hereafter “Monster”) for the use of approximately 3 minutes of their music in a video promoting the “Ruckus in the Rockies” event.
IP Osgoode and Osgoode PD host Joint Teleseminar on Copyright Pentalogy
On September 13, 2012, IP Osgoode will be hosting a joint teleseminar with Osgoode Professional Development. The topic of the seminar will be the recent developments in copyright law as a result of Supreme Court rulings on 5 major copyright cases (known as the Copyright Pentalogy). For IP Osgoode coverage of the Copyright Pentalogy, see […]
For (Re)Sale: The ECJ Rules on the Exhaustion of Software Distribution Rights
Early in July, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) came to a decision with regards to the distribution rights retained by a software company. The ruling, resulting from litigation between UsedSoft GmbH and Oracle International Corp., which can be found here, will prove an important one in today’s increasingly digital society.
Streaming of a Live Sporting Event is not a User Right
On May 13, 2012, the Supreme Court of Israel gave a landmark decision in Civil Appeal 9183/09 The Football Association Premier League Ltd v John Doe. The Court overturned a controversial decision by Judge Michal Agmon-Gonen of the District Court in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. In that case, Judge Agmon-Gonen used the mechanism of legal transplantation to […]
Considering Canada’s Supreme Court Decisions in this week’s WIPO Proceedings
As members of the international intellectual property community attend the 24th session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), they are told to keep the spirit of Beijing alive, referring to the recently concluded Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances. However, there is reason to keep another country’s spirit in mind as well. […]