copyright laws

Interesting split from the court (I agree with the majority): The Supreme Court ruled Monday against the state of Georgia in a copyright lawsuit over annotations to its legal code, finding they cannot be copyrighted. Everyone involved in the case agreed that the text of state statutes could...

http://www.theamericanmirror.com/senate-moves-bill-with-up-to-15000-fines-for-sharing-memes-online/ A bi-partisan bill working its way through Congress could drastically change how copyright claims are processed, and would create a system to impose up to $30,000 in fines on anyone who shares...

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/sep/12/eu-copyright-law-may-force-tech-giants-to-pay-billions-to-publishers-facebook-google While they apparently voted against this in July, they seem to be in favor for it right now. And then, Twitter just exploded after this happened...

What does everyone think of the UK Green Party's pledge to reduce copyright to 14 years? Is this even possible, while remaining a member of the EU? There are currently international agreements in place regarding length of copyright, and there's certainly EU Directive 2006/116/EC, which covers...

On the Queen's birthday and all (it was a rather nice flyover for once, which was nice). I'd like to hear your opinions on the law, those of you who have read it. Here's a copy for those who haven't. http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?activeTextDocId=3699621 I'm still reading through...

In what has been termed a landmark decision (the first time a case like this has gone to judgment) the Australian Federal Court has decided that a major ISP, iinet, is not liable for it's members downloading movies and so on. It's significant in that all the major studios and a large Australian...

(Mods, I don't know if this is the right forum for this question -- feel free to move it if you like.) I recently put together a PowerPoint presentation and then remembered after the fact that I really need to get permission to use the photographs, graphics and illustrations. I finished doing...

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5d5a3132-cb17-11dd-87d7-000077b07658.html Actualy in a digital world it is rather hard to profit from PD works. Acutaly once you take out the big names the payouts tend to be pitiful. An admision that moral rights are a total failure. I assume they will be removed...

While people were busy moaning at Canada Israel finally updated it's 1911 based copyright system. The act is unfortunately written in a form of not English called Hebrew and can be found here: http://www.knesset.gov.il/Laws/Data/law/2119/2119.pdf I've not seen any full translations yet. As...

How do you copy movies from DVD to a hard drive? I want to do so legally. Is this possible? I own the DVDs and the computer. I want to be able to watch the movies when abroad , on my laptop, and I don't wish to carry the discs with me. (They will probably be confiscated by customs). I want to...

Copyright protection has mushroomed over the last three centuries. The duration of copyright is now ludicrous. In Britain the Copyright Act of 1842 introduced the idea of post mortem copyright protection; it established a copyright period of 42 years from the date of first publication or 7...

Ok so if you could pretty much start from scratch what would be the big features of your ideal copyright system? Mine would be: Internationaly consistant. One set of laws world wide. Length 50 years from date of publication or life of the author plus 20 years whichever is longer. For...