I recently had the honour to be invited to give a guest lecture to the Copyright Society of Australia in Sydney. My talk focussed on how the Internet has evolved over the past twenty years, leading to a severe imbalance between Internet platforms and the creative community because of the abuse and misuse of safe harbours, and how recent events have put the big platforms in the spotlight—indeed in the crosshairs of the public and politicians. Read the rest of this entry »
Entering the Era of Internet Accountability: The Implications for Copyright – Hugh Stephens
7 11 2018Comments : 2 Comments »
Tags: Copyright, Hugh Stephens Blog, Platforms
Categories : Government and Policy, Internet
Opening the Book on Open Media – Hugh Stephens
5 10 2018
In a blog last week I talked about the role of Open Media in trying to undermine the democratic process and manipulate political opinion by orchestrating widespread anti-copyright astroturfing campaigns in Canada and elsewhere. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Copyright, Hugh Stephens Blog
Categories : Internet
Why tech giants have little to lose (and lots to win) from new EU copyright law – Maurizio Borghi
20 09 2018
The new European Union Copyright Directive, passed recently by the European parliament after a vociferous campaign both for and against, has been described by its advocates as Europe striking a blow against US tech giants in the battle for control of copyrighted content online. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Copyright, Maurizio Borghi, The Conversation
Categories : EU, Internet, Legal
United States: Copyright and Artificial Intelligence – Ed Klaris and Alexia Bedat
24 10 2017
A photographer whose camera was used by a monkey to take a selfie recently settled a two-year legal battle against an animal rights group about copyright over the image. The lower court had denied the monkey a copyright, but the parties decided to settle before facing the appeals court. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Alexia Bedat, Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Ed Klaris
Categories : Legal, Media, United States
Case Law, Luxembourg: Deckmyn v Vandersteen, Court broadens concept of parody, and returns the hot potatoes to the national court – Dirk Voorhoof and Inger Høedt-Rasmussen
8 09 2014
The case of Deckmyn v Vandersteen (Case C-201/13) on parody considers a set of questions related to the right to freedom of expression conflicting with copyright, and the impact of the Information Society (Infosoc) Directive 2001/29. In particular, it raises the question whether the parody exception must be given an autonomous and uniform interpretation throughout the European Union, despite the optional nature of the parody exception mentioned in Article 5(3)(k) of the Directive 2001/29.
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Tags: Copyright, Dirk Voorhoof, Inge Høedt-Rasmussen, Parody
Categories : EU, Freedom of expression
Copyright and Hyperlinking: Svensson, free to link or link at your risk? – Graham Smith
23 02 2014
The decision of the European Court of Justice in Svensson v Retriever Sverige AB (Case C‑466/12, 13 February 2014) has established some important points about the legality of linking under EU copyright law: Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Copyright, Cyberleagle, Graham Smith, Hyperlinking, Svensson
Categories : EU, Legal
Case Law: Paramount Home Entertainment v BSkyB, You’ve been framed, an ISP blocking order – Paul Joseph and Adam Cusworth
6 02 2014
In the case of Paramount Home Entertainment International Ltd v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd ([2013] EWHC 3479 (Ch)) the High Court once again showed its support for copyright holders, granting six major film companies blocking orders under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 against the UK’s six main internet service providers, requiring the ISPs to block access to TubePlus and SolarMovie, two websites that had been providing access via an online database to (but not hosting) a large range of television programmes and films without the authorisation of the relevant copyright owners. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Blocking Orders, Copyright, ISP
Categories : Legal
