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Paris High Court applies French law in book scanning case

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • March 22 2010

The 3rd Chamber of the Paris High Court (the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris) decided to apply French law to a case involving Google and French book editors

Internet company held liable for unauthorised performance of music recordings

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Brazil
  • -
  • March 15 2010

A judge from the State of Rio de Janeiro has penalised an internet company for the unauthorised performance of music recordings and transmission of music events

First person to be arrested for selling songs on the internet acquitted

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Brazil
  • -
  • February 10 2010

The first person to be arrested for illegally selling copyrighted songs on the internet has been acquitted by the 1st Criminal Court of the State of Parana; because the statute of limitation for the criminal prosecution had lapsed

Google Books infringes French copyrights, but not trademarks

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
  • -
  • February 3 2010

The Paris High Court has found Google Inc liable for copyright infringement just as it is about to launch its new service, Google Editions, allowing consumers to purchase books that they have previewed on Google Books

Court decision against owners of P2P website "elitedivx.com"

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
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  • December 15 2009

The Provincial Court of Cartagena has overruled a lower court's decision to acquit the owners of the website "elitedivx.com" (which allows users to download copyrighted works from file-sharing programs such as eMule and BitTorrent) of all criminal charges