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Tag: Copyright

Tag: Copyright

Regulatory case law, May 2015: distribution rights in protected works

This May the European Court of Justice ruled on the exclusive right of authors to prohibit the distribution of the original of their works to the public.

Regulatory case law, March 2015: broadcasting sports online, reduced VAT in electronic books and action against an NRA

The European Court of Justice ruled on broadcasting sports online, reduced VAT in electronic books, and taking action against a decision of the NRA.

EU regulatory case law: March 2014

In this issue of Aphaia's monthly series on EU regulatory case law find out more abot the latest European regulatory case law from March 2014 in the field of information society and competition.

EU regulatory case law: February 2014

In this issue of Aphaia’s monthly series on EU regulatory case law find out more abot the latest European regulatory case law from February of this year in the field of information society, competition and environment.

Monthly Round Up: November 2013

This month in the news: the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2012, net neutrality plans breach privacy rights, and the EU audiovisual sector attempts easier cross-border copyright.

Monthly Round Up: September 2013

Spain really really does not like online piracy, Google knows everything you type into your smartphone, and Aphaia’s Boštjan Makarovič thinks that there is still a general lack of competitive market-based thinking amongst policy-makers in Slovenia – this month in the news.

USA introduces ‘six strikes’ anti-piracy system

Yesterday, the United States of America began implementing an anti-piracy system under which users will receive a notice from their internet service providers (ISP) when sharing illegally downloaded content. After six such notices received, action by the ISP is to follow.

Monthly Round Up: December 2012

This past December in the news: Instagram's failed new terms of use, yet another Google breach of EU privacy legislation, and the extension of Kyoto.

Digital Agenda for Europe gets an update for 2013

The European Commission has adopted 7 new priorities of the Digital Agenda for Europe that are to be the focus of activities in 2013 and 2014.

Hollywood and European filmmakers to unite against Google

According to reports, the American Motion Picture Association is to join European film producers in pressuring Google to change the way in which the search engine displays pirated content in its search results.