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New Step for the Modernization of Copyright Law in the US – Progress or Regress?

During the celebration of World Intellectual Property Day on April 24, 2013, the US Committee on the Judiciary announced its intention to promote a comprehensive review of US copyright law in order to modernize copyright protection in the US.

Posted in Announcements, Copyright, copyright reform, Internet, IP Reform, Jurisdiction, US
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Who Inherits Your Likes?

Our myriad of online accounts for social media and other cloud services will all persist after our deaths. Until recently, not much thought was given to managing these digital assets after we pass.

Posted in Cloud Services, Internet, IP, Ownership, Privacy, Social Media
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Game of Thones – Piracy is Coming

TorrentFreak has reported that the first episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones season three broke historic download records, with more than a million as of April 1st, 2013. Canada ranked fourth internationally in terms of the highest number of TorrentFreak S3E1 downloads, representing 7.4% of total downloads at the time of reporting.

Posted in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy, Canada, Commercialization, Copyright, copyright reform, Digital Downloads, Infringement, Internet, Internet Sharing, IP, IP Reform, Jurisdiction, Open-Source, Ownership, Regulatory Policy, UK, Uncategorized, US
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Protecting brands on the Internet. A look at approaches taken by the EU, US and Italy

The re-posting of this analysis is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective.

Posted in European Union, Feature Post, Internet, IP, Jurisdiction, MediaLaws, Trademarks
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