Copyright
“Never, Never Use That Song Again”: Isaac Hayes III Explains Why He’s Threatening Trump Over Copyright
After a lawsuit was threatened over the weekend against Donald Trump and his presidential campaign, the White House hopeful’s attorneys have continued to ignore the family of late soul icon Isaac Hayes, as they allegedly have for years. Meanwhile, the artist’s son and a lawyer representing the Hayes family have attempted to stop the use […]
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Iran Verdict Rejects ‘A Hero’ Copyright Infringement Claim
Iranian authorities have rejected as “baseless” allegations that director Asghar Farhadi stole the idea for his acclaimed 2021 feature A Hero. A former student of the two-time Oscar winner, director of A Separation and The Salesman, sued Farhadi for allegedly pilfering her premise for A Hero. Farhadi had always denied the allegations. On Wednesday, a group […]
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MegaUpload Founder Kim Dotcom to Get the Biopic Treatment
After The Social Network, after Blackberry, after that Spotify Netflix series, the time has come for a Kim Dotcom biopic. The notorious hacker turned tech entrepreneur was briefly Hollywood’s enemy number one in the mid-2000s after his file-sharing platform MegaUpload became the go-to site for trading copyright-protected films, music and TV series. Things came to […]
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Who Is the Bad Copyright Friend? (Guest Column)
Are you #TeamDawn or #TeamSonya? The internet was divided into warring camps in light of the viral New York Times Magazine article “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?” by Robert Kolker. It’s a tale as old as time: two writers locked in a bitter legal dispute over a short story inspired by Facebook posts about […]
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COVID-19 Knocks 30 Percent Off Europe’s Film, TV, Music Revenue
Europe's creative industries call for more government support to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic, which hit their revenue hard.
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Google to Pay French Publishers for Online Content
The internet giant Google has reached a deal to pay French publishers for use of their stories on online platforms.
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European Union Member States Pass Controversial Copyright Law
The European Union's move to overhaul copyright law and update it for the online age got the final seal of approval from member states Monday as the European Commission, the EU's executive body, approved the new legislation.
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Europe’s New Copyright Rules Would Force YouTube, Facebook to Block Protected Content
The European Union has published the final text for the overhaul of its controversial copyright directive, proposing a series of sweeping changes that would force online platforms, such as YouTube and Facebook, to block copyright-protected material uploaded to their sites.
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France, Tech Giants Call for Online Fix to Hate Speech, Cyberattacks
French President Emmanuel Macron and technology companies, including Microsoft, unveiled a declaration aimed at regulating the Internet by fighting hate speech, election meddling and online censorship.
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Supreme Court Rules on Copyright Fee Shifting
The decision is likely to be cited in most future copyright cases.
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German Supreme Court Backs Sampling in Kraftwerk Case
A landmark ruling could allow the sampling of copyright-protected material without permission.
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Spain’s Proposed Intellectual Property Law Finds Little Support
Despite desperate pleas from the content rights holders for a new legislative framework to fight Spain's unbridled piracy, no one from the sector is pleased with the proposed legislation.
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