Out-Law.com: ECJ rules that 11-word clippings can infringe copyright
July 29th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Legal, Online Journalism
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that that reproducing news clippings for sale to clients could infringe copyright, reports Out-Law.com.
“Danish clippings service Infopaq was taken to court by Danish newspaper industry body Danske Dagblades Forening (DDF) over its reproduction of 11-word snippets of news for sale to clients.”
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August 12th, 2009 at 10:51 am
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