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EPUK: Photographer wins copyright infringement case against Mirror Group Newspapers

Judith Townend — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:44:54 +0000

Photography site EPUK publishes a report by law firm Swan Turton on a celebrity photographer’s copyright victory over Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN).

“In a judgment issued on October 16 which has potentially important ramifications for the photography industry, the High Court held that Daily Mirror publisher MGN Ltd had infringed copyright in photographs included in back copies of newspapers it was making available online to paid subscribers.”

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RIA Novosti: Russian media drafts law opposing illegal content sharing

Laura Oliver — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:55:30 +0000

(From last week via Adrian Monck’s blog) Russia’s leading news organisations are proposing draft legislation that would change the legal status of news reports to goods, with fines imposed for publication out of copyright.

“The main goal of the proposed amendments to a number of laws is to turn news into goods which must be paid for,” RIA Novosti editor-in-chief Svetlana Mironyuk said in the report.

Russia’s media landscape is beginning to address the issue of copyright breaches online – but will the country learn from the attempts of other states to tackle this problem?

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BJP: Guardian in alleged photography rights grab

Laura Oliver — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:55:03 +0000

The Guardian is going to demand increased usage rights for commissioned images, according to this report.

The paper will reportedly ask for full and future usage rights, but with no extra compensation.

A Guardian spokeswoman said the matter was still under discussion.

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Apartment Therapy: NYTimes calls off take down notice for blog network

Laura Oliver — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:50:55 +0000

Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, co-founder of Apartment Therapy, confirms that the New York Times has withdrawn a take down notice for articles and images used by the blog network.

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MediaGuardian: OMC09: Reform UK copyright, says Google

Laura Oliver — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:18:03 +0000

Allow limited use of copyrighted work to individuals looking to create new content, Richard Sargeant, Google UK’s public policy manager, told the Oxford Media Convention.

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MediaPost: Film critic’s YouTube channel shut down over copyright allegations

Laura Oliver — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:41:17 +0000

Kevin Lee’s use of short film clips as part of his video reviews would normally be regarded as fair use, but several complaints about his channel forced YouTube to protect itself under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

“[I]t seems as if perfectly lawful clips are being silenced at the whim of copyright owners who don’t like the thought of anyone other than themselves posting content,” writes MediaPost’s Wendy Davis.

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Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – Think about copyright

Laura Oliver — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:19:21 +0000

Copyright: consider digital fingerprinting tools to monitor where your content ends up online. Try free service MyFreeCopyright.com for starters. Tipster: Laura Oliver.

To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.

Bloomberg: Google loses copyright cases in Germany

Laura Oliver — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:28:59 +0000

The search giant has lost two cases involving thumbnail images included in the previews of search results. The rulings can be appealed.

Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – tracking copies of your content online

Laura Oliver — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:42:32 +0000

Copyright: Why allow people to profit in traffic, and potentially revenue, from your content? Services like Copyscape analyse web content to check for duplication. And for a fee, they will do it all for you. Tipster: Laura Oliver.

To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link - we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.

Folio: Publishers settle copyright case against Mygazines.com

Laura Oliver — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:24:55 +0000

According to court documents seen by Folio, a number of US magazine publishers have ended copyright action against magazine-sharing website Mygazines.com.