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Minister of Culture considers it urgent to approve the anti-downloading law

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • August 10 2010

The Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde, believes that it is urgent for the Government to pass the Anti-Downloading Law and close websites that are facilitating the illegal downloading of copyrighted works

Piracy of digital content reaches 76 in Spain

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • July 16 2010

Compared to the 1.653 million spent on legal digital content in Spain in 2009, the value of pirated content amounted to 5.212 million

Decree specifies the characteristics of the “carte musique jeune”

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • January 6 2011

The Government has published in the Official Gazette the decree establishing the "carte musique jeune", the sale of which began on 28 October 2010 (Decree

US Library of Congress announces new exemptions to the anti-circumvention prohibitions of the US Copyright Act

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 6 2010

On 26 July 2010, the US Library of Congress announced six new exemptions to the anti-circumvention provisions of the US Copyright Act (the Act), thereby clarifying that such activities would not be deemed to be violations of the Act

Spanish music industry suffers nine years of losses due to piracy and illegal downloading

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • September 21 2010

In the first half of this year, the music industry in Spain has suffered a loss of 12.3 more than the same period last year

Search engine exempt from liability

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 4 2011

On 26 January 2011, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled that "Google Images" is an information society service and thus benefits from the exemption from liability provided for under the LCEN for internet intermediaries

Court rules video sharing website has no obligation to monitor videos ex ante

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • February 9 2011

The Mercantile Court number 7 of Madrid (the Court) has held that YouTube complies with the duty to cooperate with the IP rights holders through the detecting, reporting and verification systems that YouTube has implemented on its website, which allow the concerned third parties to control any potential infringements of their IP rights

Film giants lose illegal downloads appeal in Australian courts

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 24 2011

Film industry giants have lost an Australian Federal Court appeal in a legal battle against internet service provider (ISP) iiNet over illegal downloads

Streaming music website ordered to pay 1 million in damages

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • June 15 2011

The Court of Appeal of Paris has confirmed a court decision sentencing the creators of "radioblobclub.fr", a website for streaming music, to pay 1 million in damages to two collecting societies as a result of their "unlawful exploitation of musical works" without first securing from the rights holders the rights to stream

Advertisers on piracy websites are not accomplices to copyright infringement

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • April 12 2011

The French Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals and dismissed the claim of copyright holders that the advertisers on piracy websites should be considered accomplices to copyright infringement

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