Copyright Law

Pirate Philosophy explores how the development of various forms of so-called internet piracy are affecting ideas of authorship, intellectual property, copyright law, fair use, patent, trademark, content creation and cultural production that were established pre-internet. Professor Gary Hall looks at a number of ways in which the Arts and Humanities can engage their ideas outside [...]

This week the Legal Affairs Committee here in Parliament voted on a resolution demanding improved enforcement of IPR in the single market. Authored by French MEP Marielle Gallo, the resolution calls on the European Commission to assess the effectiveness of existing legislation, in which she believes there are gaps.

www.ted.com Copyright law’s grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry … and fashion benefits in both innovation and sales, says Johanna Blakley. At TEDxUSC 2010, she talks about what all creative industries can learn from fashion’s free culture.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the [...]

[Recorded December 16, 2008] The prolific and controversial web culture of piracy, particularly file sharing, has taken the world by storm, and for more than a decade, we’ve been waging a war in the name of the 20th Century’s model of copyright law. The content industry has convinced the world that extremism in copyright regulation [...]

thomas.loc.gov – – COUNTERFEITING AND INFRINGEMENT Sec. 301. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator. Sec. 302. Definition. Sec. 303. Joint strategic plan. Sec. 304. Reporting. Sec. 305. Savings and repeals. Sec. 306. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE IV–DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS Sec. 401. Local law enforcement grants. Sec. 402. Improved investigative and forensic resources for enforcement of law [...]