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Illegal streaming of pirate copies - what will come after kino.to?

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Germany
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  • November 28 2011

The German Federal Minister of Justice, Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, quotes Prof

Customers can resell copies of downloaded software; developers can try to stop them

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union
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  • July 4 2012

Yesterday, 3 July 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in UsedSoft v. Oracle that online purchasers of software may resell copies of their downloads provided that they render the original download usable

You are not your IP address

  • Fenwick & West LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 27 2012

A district court judge ruled recently that an IP address, on its own, is not enough to determine a person's identity, throwing a wrench in the copyright infringement claims brought by pornographic film producers in four related mass BitTorrent lawsuits, which involved more than 80 John Doe defendants accused of illegally downloading different pornographic films

Viré ! pour avoir téléchargé illégalement de son poste de travail

  • Ichay & Mullenex Avocats
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  • France
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  • July 19 2011

Le 31 mars dernier1, la Cour d’appel de Versailles a jugé que constituait bien une faute grave le fait pour un salarié de télécharger illégalement des fichiers musicaux à partir de l’ordinateur mis à sa disposition dans le cadre de son travail au sein d’une étude d’huissier de justice

The final score on database rights

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • October 23 2012

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has given a ruling on questions of database right infringement referred to it by the Court of Appeal

De-mining the DMCA’s safe harbor: UMG v Veoh

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • USA
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  • April 4 2013

As well as being home to the world's largest film and music companies, the US is the intellectual, entrepreneurial and technical leader of the

CIPPIC granted adjournment in the 2012 Voltage Pictures v Does P2P file sharing case

  • anticIPate Law
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  • Canada
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  • January 18 2013

Voltage Pictures' motion against Teksavvy was heard on January 14th, 2013, at Federal Court in Toronto. In the motion, Voltage had asked that

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

High Court quashes Data Protection Commissioner’s objection to graduated response system

  • Matheson
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  • Ireland
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  • July 17 2012

On 27 June 2012, Mr Justice Charleton gave his decision in the judicial review action taken by the Irish recording companies to prevent the graduated response system (GRS) agreed with eircom, the largest ISP in Ireland, being shut down as illegal

Copyright first sale doctrine does not apply to resale of licensed software

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • September 28 2010

Generally, when someone purchases a CD containing software, or a DVD containing a video game, they believe they own the item