http://www.futureofcopyright.com Latest posts on Future of Copyright en-en Blog RSS export running on TYPO3 4.5.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 2008 - 2011 Future of Copyright info@futureofcopyright.com info@futureofcopyright.com http://www.futureofcopyright.com/typo3conf/ext/t3blog/icons/rss.png http://www.futureofcopyright.com Latest posts on Future of Copyright (Future of Copyright) http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/23/grooveshark-under-attack-despite-recent-licensing-deal-with-sabam.html http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/23/grooveshark-under-attack-despite-recent-licensing-deal-with-sabam.html Streaming, Case law and Legal issues, General, Innovative Business Cases Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:08:00 +0100 The free music streaming service Grooveshark is under fire. Critics say that Grooveshark provides music tracks without the consent of the right holders, whereby it infringes intellectual property law... (Future of Copyright) http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/22/the-european-commission-refers-acta-to-the-european-court-of-justice.html http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/22/the-european-commission-refers-acta-to-the-european-court-of-justice.html Public policy debates, Case law and Legal issues Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:36:00 +0100 Earlier we wrote that discussion on the European Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement heated up again, when thousands of people protested against ACTA in many European cities. Due to the discussions i... (Future of Copyright) http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/22/picture-sharing-network-pinterest-offers-opt-out-to-copyright-holders.html http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/22/picture-sharing-network-pinterest-offers-opt-out-to-copyright-holders.html General, Innovative Business Cases Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:33:00 +0100 The social networking website Pinterest seems to be a rising star online at this moment. However, copyright concerns are raised regarding the way images are displayed on the site. Critics say that so... (Future of Copyright) http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/21/french-three-strikes-act-seems-to-be-successful.html http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/21/french-three-strikes-act-seems-to-be-successful.html Public policy debates, General Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:34:00 +0100 The so-called Three Strikes Act seems to be a successful tool in the battle against piracy. Several studies show that the appeal of piracy has reduced in France, due to the Three Strikes Act. Also th... (Future of Copyright) http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/20/dutch-criminal-court-condemns-suspect-for-illegal-film-distribution.html http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/20/dutch-criminal-court-condemns-suspect-for-illegal-film-distribution.html Case law and Legal issues Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:12:00 +0100 Last week, the criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal in The Hague condemned a suspect for being responsible for the large-scale illegal production of various Bollywood films and having them availab... (Peter van der Veen) http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/17/ecj-no-general-monitoring-responsibility-for-social-networks.html http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/17/ecj-no-general-monitoring-responsibility-for-social-networks.html Filtering, Case law and Legal issues, General, ISP's and site blocks, Net neutrality, Public policy debates Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:47:00 +0100 Online social networks cannot be forced to install a general filtering system to preventively monitor whether its users exchange unauthorised copies of copyright protected work. This would be a dispr... (Future of Copyright) http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/16/newest-software-makes-creating-ebooks-at-home-easy.html http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/16/newest-software-makes-creating-ebooks-at-home-easy.html Innovative Business Cases, General Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:58:00 +0100 Creating ebooks on your own computer seems to be an upcoming hit. The past days, several companies have launched new ebook software. Two examples are Inkling Habitat and Booktype. Inkling Habitat may... (Future of Copyright) http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/15/ec-presents-roadmap-digital-agenda-mid-term-review.html http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/15/ec-presents-roadmap-digital-agenda-mid-term-review.html General, Public policy debates Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:28:00 +0100 The European Commission published a new roadmap on the implementation and review of the Digital Agenda, called "Digital Agenda for Europe- Mid Term Review". This Mid-Term Review aims to update effort... (Future of Copyright) http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/14/towards-flexible-copyright-in-the-netherlands.html http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/14/towards-flexible-copyright-in-the-netherlands.html General, Public policy debates Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:58:00 +0100 Fitting European copyright law into modern technology is one of the hot topics being discussed in Europe. For example, the Dutch government wants copyright law to be more flexible so new media users,... (Future of Copyright) http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/13/actas-future-in-danger-due-to-protests-in-many-european-cities.html http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/02/13/actas-future-in-danger-due-to-protests-in-many-european-cities.html ISP's and site blocks, Public policy debates Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:52:00 +0100 Last Saturday, thousands of people protested against the Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in many European cities. For example in Amsterdam and London, 200 people went to the streets to pro...