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Proposed parody exception to copyright infringement

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 9 2013

Following the Hargreaves Report of 2011, Vince Cable confirmed that the government intended to enact a number of changes to the Copyright Designs and

TMT legal update: the survival of a sub-licence - effect of insolvency of head licensee on sub-licensee

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 7 2013

In February 2013, the High Court ruled that businesses are permitted to use software under a sub-licence if the head licensee’s business is

TMT Legal Update: Hooper’s report on the proposed Copyright Hub published

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 6 2012

Richard Hooper has published his recommendations on proposed solutions to problems with copyright licensing in the digital age

TMT legal update: European Council Directive 201177EU: IPO consults on copyright relating to sound recordings

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 8 2013

The UK Intellectual Property Office ("IPO") is consulting on the draft regulations that will implement Directive 201177EU (the "Directive") in the

TMT Legal Update: Richard O'Dwyer's extradition: an update

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

Richard O'Dwyer, the student accused of copyright infringement, has signed an agreement with prosecutors in a New York court. Following the Home

TMT Legal Update: High Court seeks clarification of the meaning of “communication to the public” 1 December 2012

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 7 2011

A recent court judgment provides further guidance on copyright infringement in relation to the rebroadcasting of free-to-air television but refers the question of what constitutes “communication to the public” to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”

TMT Legal Update: The pressure is on the Pirate Bay

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 7 2011

Further developments in the wrangle between ISPs and rights holders regarding file sharing sites

BT ordered to block access to file-sharing website by UK high court

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 2 2011

In the first UK high court ruling of its kind, telecoms company BT has been given 14 days to block access to Newzbin2, an illegal file-sharing website

Football broadcasting ECJ decision

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 2 2011

In a case which may change how the Premier League chooses to structure broadcasting rights packages, on 4 October, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in favour of a pub landlady from Portsmouth, who was using a Greek decoder to screen Premier League football matches in her pub

High Court rules in foreign decoder test cases following ECJ ruling on meaning of “communication to the public"

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 12 2012

The High Court has found that the unauthorised transmission by pubs of live Premier League matches using foreign decoder cards is an infringement of UK copyright law, but has held that there is a defence in relation to certain protected works where pubs do not charge an admission fee

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