Australia proposes options for extending ISP liability for online copyright infringement
The Australian government has proposed a number of options for expanding the liability of ISPs for the online copyright infringements of their customers. In a Discussion Paper released on 30 July 2014, the government identifies various options for reducing online copyright infringement – the following two of which impact negatively on ISPs: amending the provisions ... Read the full post ...
Canada introduces new notification regime for online copyright infringement
Canada will have a “notice and notice” regime for online copyright infringement from January 2015. The government announcement calls the regime a “made-in-Canada solution”. It formalises a voluntary system that some copyright owners and Internet service providers (ISPs) have already adopted. Smart and Biggar report that when an ISP or host receives proper notice of copyright ... Read the full post ...
UN passes resolution on Human Rights on the Internet
At its 26th session recently, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) adopted a resolution on the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the internet. The UN HRC resolution affirms “that the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online, in particular freedom of expression, which is applicable regardless ... Read the full post ...
First auction for a new gTLD achieves USD 600,000
The first auction to resolve a contention set for a new generic Top-level Domain (gTLD) string achieved a winning bid of USD 600,000. Two applicants, Afilias Limited and Beijing Tele-info Network Technology Co., LTD. applied for the gTLD 信息, (xn--vuq861b), which is a Chinese Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) for “information” or “info”. Because the two ... Read the full post ...
Online browsing is not copyright infringement, rules EU Court
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has found that browsing material online is exempted from copyright infringement by the EU Copyright Directive. Art. 5(1) of the EU Copyright Directive exempts temporary acts of reproduction which are transient or incidental and an integral and essential part of a technological process of transmission or lawful use. ... Read the full post ...
US ’3-strikes system’ sends 1.3m alerts in first 10 months
1.3 million online copyright infringement ‘alerts’ were sent to ISPs’ customers by the body which runs the US ’3-strikes’ system in its first 10 months’ operation. According to a report by the Center for Copyright Information (CCI), most of the alerts were in the initial ‘educational’ phase. Only 265 challenges were filed, with no findings ... Read the full post ...
Takeaways from ICANN 49 in Singapore
ICANN 49 addressed, among other things, the following issues: the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) safeguard advice; the Qualified Launch Program (QLP) for registry operators; Specification 13 to the new gTLD Registry Agreement for dot brand registries; the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority’s (IANA’s) transition away from the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA); rights protection ... Read the full post ...
Ten questions about Internet governance … and a ten answers from NETMundial
Juan Alfonso Fernández González poses 10 questions about Internet governance that needed to be answered at NETmundial – and provides their answers, reports IP Watch. ... Read the full post ...
EU Court rules private copying exemption applies only to lawfully-sourced copies
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has determined that a private copying exemption in national law can apply only to a copy derived from a lawful source. Article 5(2)b of the EU Copyright Directive entitles members states to provide an exemption from infringement for private copying, but only so long as the ... Read the full post ...
Hollywood movie studios, record labels sue Megaupload for copyright infringement
Two separate lawsuits filed this month in the U.S. accuse Megaupload of paying users to upload popular entertainment content onto Megaupload’s servers, reports Finnegan. ... Read the full post ...
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