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ALRC copyright and the digital economy update

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
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  • September 14 2012

On 20 August 2012, the ALRC released its first issues paper for its Inquiry into Copyright and the Digital Economy in Australia

EU Commission's proposal for a directive on collective rights management

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • European Union
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  • July 27 2012

The Commission's proposal aims to establish a legal framework for the collective management of rights that are administered by collecting societies on behalf of rights holders

Order granted against ISPs in the pirate bay case

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 22 2012

We reported on the preliminary hearing of the High Court in the Pirate Bay proceedings here, when it was found that the operators and users of the Pirate Bay website were infringing copyright

US: "6 strikes and you're out" to be implemented

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • USA
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  • May 22 2012

In July last year, several of the USA's major ISPs launched a collaborative bid to combat online copyright infringement

ISP's safe under Australian law for now

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
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  • May 22 2012

On April 20 Australia's highest court found that internet service provider iiNet was not responsible for the infringing acts of its customers, upholding a 2011 decision of Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia

Telecommunications operator obtains favourable decision in dispute against copyright collecting society for simulcasting

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Brazil
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  • May 3 2012

The Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice determined that a telecommunications operator (Oi) is not liable for royalties for the public performance of musical works played simultaneously on the radio and over the internet

Organisation in charge of collecting the private copying levy held liable for damages

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • France
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  • March 28 2012

Since France's rate for the private copy levy is one of the highest in Europe, Rueducommerce, an e-commerce website, argued that it lost customers because online merchants located in other EU Member States which do not have such a levy system can sell their goods at a lower price compared to online merchants located in France

Digital media update

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 25 2012

Welcome to the January edition of our quarterly Digital Media Update

Digital media update

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 12 2012

In our New Year Special Edition, we are taking a glimpse into the future and looking at what 2012 will hold for legal developments for the digital media industry

Use of movie trailers online

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Italy
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  • January 3 2012

In the past few weeks the online press has reported that SIAE, the Italian collecting society, started sending requests to several website managers, requesting royalties for the use of the music in the trailers shown on their websites