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Author |
Category |
Date Added |
dl# |
Rating |
| A Rear view of YouTube Case |
Ms. Priyanka Mukherjee and Ms.Shachi Punani |
Copyright |
2/24/08 |
623 |
5.2/10 |
| Abstract: | The recent injunction order passed by the Delhi High Court against Youtube and its parent company Google. |
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| Awards of Compensation for Intellectual Property Infringement: |
Leigh Ellis |
Copyright |
11/3/07 |
595 |
4.9/10 |
| Abstract: | The rise and rise of intellectual property rights has seen the rise of claims by business dealing in photographs, software and films and music making claims against small and medium sized enterprises for copyright infringement. There is no innocence defence available infringing business; the issue quickly becomes one of the sum of compensation – or damage - that is to be paid to the copyright owner. |
| Keywords: | copyright damages compensation london lawyer solicitor |
| Copyright Law and Intellectual Property Rights for Programmers |
Leigh Ellis |
Copyright |
11/25/06 |
833 |
9/10 |
| Abstract: | A synopsis of copyright protection of computer software in the United Kingdom from the perspective of a computer programmer. |
| Keywords: | copyright intellectual property lawyer solicitor United Kingdom UK |
| Copyright and Emerging Technologies |
Poorvi Chothani |
Copyright |
11/3/07 |
311 |
6.2/10 |
| Abstract: | The increased importance of electronic and digital media requires copyright owners to pay greater attention to electronic and digital rights issues. Thus, most contemporary contracts, at least where parties are represented by lawyers, contain some reference to |
| Keywords: | Copyrights, Mechanical Rights, Video Recordings, Music, Ring Tones, Digital Rights, Wallpapers, |
| How Software Escrow Agreements Protect Your Business |
Judith Silver |
Copyright |
7/26/04 |
1383 |
10/10 |
| Abstract: | Overview of how to protect copyright and other intellectual property rights using software escrow. Readers are cautioned not to rely on these articles as legal advice. They are no no substitution for a consultation with an attorney and an accountant in your state. Based on jurisdiction and time, the law varies and changes. |
| Keywords: | software license, escrow |
| Implied Licenses and Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights in the UK |
Leigh Ellis |
Copyright |
11/3/07 |
148 |
5.6/10 |
| Abstract: | In Robin Ray v Classic FM, the English High Court held that a contractor providing services owns the intellectual property in the materials created for the client. The decision is a useful guide to contractors as it is one of the leading cases in determining the whether a commissioner of intellectual property may use intellectual property for purposes not explicitly contemplated by a written agreement. Gillhams Solicitors is a firm of London Lawyers advising on intellectual property rights and litigation. |
| Keywords: | copyright implied licenses UK law |
| Internet File Sharing of Copyright Protected Works: A Canadian Perspective |
Mr. Alain P. Lecours |
Copyright |
11/3/07 |
229 |
5.5/10 |
| Abstract: | In Canada as in the rest of the world, downloading copyright-protected works via Internet is a common, although controversial, practice. Peer-to-Peer (“P2P”) file-sharing is the most commonly used mean of downloading. Is this practice legal under Canadian law? In Canada, the Copyright Act protects all works (...) |
| Keywords: | Canada , copyright, Internet, download, Canadian law |
| The Development of Digital Rights Management |
Robert A. Hodgson |
Copyright |
3/26/05 |
599 |
6.6/10 |
| Abstract: | Historically, it has been relatively easy for copyright owners to protect their works from unwanted and unauthorized copying. The cost and difficulty associated with illegal copying was simply too high to allow any such copying to be widespread. However, the appearance of personal computers, and especially the Internet, has lessened the security copyright holders once had against acts of infringement. Due to increasingly efficient technology, such as CD writers and faster, better internet connections, it has become both inexpensive and easy to copy and distribute digital files across the Internet or from hard drive to hard drive. |
| Keywords: | copyright digital rights infringement |
| The European Union and Copyright - An Analysis |
S. Nahar |
Copyright |
2/24/08 |
411 |
10/10 |
| Abstract: | The term ‘intellectual property’ became common in the 1960s with the setting up of WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). However, this is not to imply that the concept of Intellectual Property did not exist before this. In fact, there are a number of theories (such as the Labor Theory by Locke and the Personality Theory propounded by Emmanual Kant and Hegel) which have been used to explain intellectual property and sufficient state practice exists to determine concretely that this concept of granting rights over inventions, aesthetic works and brands is not exactly new.
There are certain intellectual property rights which require registration to formally be recognised as rights attributable to the authors. Examples of these would be patents, trademarks etc. However Copyright is one of those, which do not require any formalities. It comes into existence when a work is fixated or recorded in any permanent way. A fundamental question can be posed as regards copyrights: What would be the way to determine in case of different jurisdictions which law and the copyright of which author is to be given protection.
The TEU contains a number of provisions, which are directly and indirectly related to the concept of Intellectual property protection. Articles 30 – 36 are related to the elimination of quantitative restrictions on trade between member states to accomplish the free movement of goods. This in itself poses an irreconcilable conflict when it comes to intellectual property rights.
The exercise of an intellectual property right that causes market partitioning will be upheld only insofar as the ‘specific subject matter’ of the right is being protected. Article 86 of the TEU also applies to prevent the abuse of dominant position.
There is a somewhat novel provision in European Law regarding intellectual property which has attracted considerable criticism as well. This is the concept of exhaustion of rights. Normally, a right-holder possesses an exclusive right over the property in its own area together with the proprietary right over the use of the product in other areas. However, thinking that such a rule would have a potential effect of dividing the Community into a number of self-contained areas the above concept was devised. Here if the right is sought to be extended to other states then it must also face the wider competition of the other states.
In this article, the researcher seeks to examine the above-mentioned provisions of the European Union as regards copyright
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| Keywords: | copyright, European Union, copyright licensing |
| What Is Intellectual Property: Part 2 Copyright |
Judith Silver |
Copyright |
7/26/04 |
1783 |
6.2/10 |
| Abstract: | Overview of copyright law, including pluses and minuses of obtaining a copyright.
Readers are cautioned not to rely on these articles as legal advice. They are no no substitution for a consultation with an attorney and an accountant in your state. Based on jurisdiction and time, the law varies and changes. |
| Keywords: | copyright, copyright law |
| What Is Intellectual Property: Part 2 Copyright |
Judith Silver |
Copyright |
7/26/04 |
1276 |
5.7/10 |
| Abstract: | Readers are cautioned not to rely on these articles as legal advice. They are no no substitution for a consultation with an attorney and an accountant in your state. Based on jurisdiction and time, the law varies and changes. |
| Keywords: | copyright, copyright law |
| What are Consumers Rights to Copy Music and Movies? |
Vincent S. Egolf |
Copyright |
3/26/05 |
978 |
7.5/10 |
| Abstract: | One of today’s hottest intellectual property topics is the copying and on-line distribution of music and movies. Using a personal computer, an individual can now easily trade music files over the internet, create personalized compact disks from their downloaded music files, and create back-up copies of the movies in a digital video disk (DVD) collection. Unfortunately, each of these activities violates federal copyright law. |
| Keywords: | copyright movies music RIAA infringement |
| Works Made for Hire: Who Owns the Copyright? |
Jeffrey D. Harty |
Copyright |
3/26/05 |
1444 |
9.7/10 |
| Abstract: | The copyright laws protect original works of authorship, such as books, movies, sound recordings and computer programs. The question of whether a copyright exists to protect a particular work from unauthorized copying is easily answered. Often a more difficult issue is determining who actually owns the copyright. |
| Keywords: | author writer publisher |
