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		<title>Librarians and archivists call on WIPO members to create new copyright safe harbours</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2016 01:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Librarians and archivists this week asked the World Intellectual Property Organization&#8217;s copyright committee to provide them not only with some exceptions to copyright, but also with protection against liability, IP Watch reports. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>EU Court of Justice rules that unauthorised for-profit hyperlinks are illegal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2016 03:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has determined that hyperlinking to illegally published copyright material constitutes an infringement when done for a profit. In GS Media v Sanoma Media, the CJEU ruled that hyperlinking to illegally published material is an infringement of copyright (by way of being a communication to the public) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian ISPs and copyright owners ditch &#8220;three-strikes&#8221; piracy scheme</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2016 02:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copyright in Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;three-strikes&#8221; system to combat online copyright piracy in Australia is on hold, due to the inability of IPSs and copyright holders to agree on how to pay for the scheme. In a joint letter to the Australian Communications and Media Authority, ISPs and rights-holders said it had &#8220;not proved possible to reach agreement on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Draft proposal for EU Regulation on geo-blocking leaked</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/draft-proposal-for-eu-regulation-on-geo-blocking-leaked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 06:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copyright in Cyberspace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[News site Politico this week leaked a draft proposal for an EU Regulation addressing geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on place of residence or nationality within the EU, reports Hogan Lovells.]]></description>
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		<title>Not clear that VPN use is a copyright infringement</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/vpn-use-is-generally-not-a-copyright-infringement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 05:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copyright in Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While copyright holders push for services such as Netflix to enforce geographical licensing restrictions, practitioners worldwide say the law is unclear as to whether getting around so-called geoblocks to access restricted content actually constitutes copyright infringement, reports BNA Legal.]]></description>
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		<title>Using a VPN to access geo-blocked streaming service may not infringe copyright</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/using-a-vpn-to-access-geo-blocked-streaming-service-may-not-infringe-copyright/</link>
		<comments>http://achristie.com/using-a-vpn-to-access-geo-blocked-streaming-service-may-not-infringe-copyright/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2016 06:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copyright in Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Legal experts around the world say the law is unclear as to whether getting around geo-blocks to access restricted content actually constitutes copyright infringement, reports Bloomberg BNA.]]></description>
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		<title>Website blocking orders sought against 50 Australian ISPs</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/website-blocking-orders-sought-against-50-australian-isps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2016 06:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copyright in Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An Australian court has been requested to order 50 ISPs to block access to foreign websites providing infringing copies of films. The action is the first to be brought under the new s115A of the Copyright Act, which provides that a copyright owner may apply to the Federal Court for an injunction requiring ISPs to block access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dallas Buyers Club drops Australian copyright piracy case</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/dallas-buyers-club-drops-australian-copyright-piracy-case/</link>
		<comments>http://achristie.com/dallas-buyers-club-drops-australian-copyright-piracy-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2016 06:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copyright in Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Hollywood studio behind the US film Dallas Buyers Club is no longer pursuing its piracy case against Australians accused of illegally downloading the movie, reports BBC News and SMH.]]></description>
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		<title>US Appeals Court holds Google book digitisation to be fair use</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/us-appeals-court-holds-google-book-digitisation-to-be-fair-use/</link>
		<comments>http://achristie.com/us-appeals-court-holds-google-book-digitisation-to-be-fair-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 02:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copyright in Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has ruled that Google&#8217;s book digitisation project is sufficiently transformative to qualify as a non-infringing fair use of copyright material. The decision follows a decade of litigation by the Authors&#8217; Guild, acting on behalf of authors as a class.  The Authors Guild claimed that the copying involved in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gaping loophole in new Australian anti-piracy law</title>
		<link>http://achristie.com/gaping-loophole-in-new-australian-anti-piracy-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2015 01:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copyright in Cyberspace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Experts agree that the Australian government’s latest attempt to crack down on illegal downloads of movies, music and TV shows has a gaping loophole. Attempts to block access to infringing websites under the new site-blocking legislation will be easily avoided, using either proxy servers or virtual private networks, The New Daily reports.]]></description>
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