Copyright News

London - The National Union of Journalists and other media lobbyists are continuing to pressurise the British Government for copyright "reform".

Madrid - Well, not walk the plank exactly, but tough new laws are to be introduced in Spain and were set for approval in Parliament on Friday. The new laws call for six years in prison for linking to "pirated", copyright-protected material from webpages.

The EU Court of Justice ruled yesterday that the member states have the right to tax computer and printer manufacturers because consumers might copy a book illegally, without regard to whether computer users own a printer or not.

Stevie Wonder, last week lent his weight to an appeal to more than 600 delegates gathered at a United Nations forum in North Africa urging them to conclude a new copyright treaty that would liberalise copyrighted works for the blind and visually impaired.

Ottawa - Harper is busy promoting CETA, the Canada-European Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement while on his travels in Europe. Critics claim that the agreement is less about free trade and more about extending the power of huge global corporations.

Have you written an article that has made a lot of money for someone else? You may have done, but if you have, how will you ever know?

Washington - Beginning this week, major ISPs will start spying on US Internet users. With the new program, its a case of "six strikes and you are out" if they think you are pirating copyright-protected content.

Richard O’Dwyer, the founder of search engine TVShack.net, struck a deal with the federal government Wednesday in order to avoid extradition to the United States.

A copyright notice from Facebook is making its way around the Web. The legal blurb is a hoax, and for some reason every news outlet in the world really, really, really wants you to know this.

Washington - U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) lobbied Reddit users Monday for their ideas about new legislation that will affect the domain seizure process.