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Well, McGruff the Crime Dog has been dusted off for the fight against piracy, as part of a new Department of Justice-led campaign that Nate Anderson accurately calls “Reefer Madness for the digital age.” Our work on organized crime is getting some renewed attention in this context. Rather than rehash the argument or send you […]
Infojustice Roundup Intellectual Property and the Public Interest European Court of Justice: ISPs Cannot Be Forced to Block Infringing Content on P2P Sites In 2007, Belgian internet service provider Scarlet Extended was ordered to install a filtering system to detect and block the sharing of files that violated copyrights managed by SABAM (a collection society). […]
The Indian Supreme Court will hear arguments in Novartis v Union of India on November 29. The case centers around section 3(D) of India’s patents act, which prohibits the patenting of a “new form of a known substance which does not result in the enhancement of the known efficacy of that substance.” In 2006, Novartis […]
The Stop Online Piracy Act is scheduled for markup in the House Judiciary Committee on December 15. An aide to Rep. Lamar Smith (sponsor of the bill and chairman of the committee) told the Washington Post “He is open to changes but only legitimate changes. Some site are totally capable of filtering illegal content, but […]
WIPO’s 23rd session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is taking place in Geneva November 22 – December 2. The session is debating a treaty on limitations and exceptions on libraries and archives; another on limitations and exceptions for visually impaired people; and one for the protection of related rights for broadcasting […]
In 2007, Belgian internet service provider Scarlet Extended was ordered to install a filtering system to detect and block the sharing of files that violated copyrights managed by SABAM (a collection society). The case was appealed to the European Court of Justice, which ruled that the injunction was incompatible with EU law. In a press […]
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