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A US jury will deliberate for a second day Thursday on whether Led Zeppelin poached the opening to “Stairway To Heaven” from an obscure...
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In total some 180 artists have signed an online letter criticizing the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The act implements two 1996 treaties...
World
Germany’s highest court Tuesday struck down a challenge by electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk against a hip-hop artist’s two-second sample of their tune in a...
World
Google’s massive book-scanning project cleared its final legal hurdle Monday as the US Supreme Court denied an appeal contending it violates copyright law. The...
World
Lawyers are seeking to put “We Shall Overcome,” the emblematic song of the US civil rights movement, in the public realm after successfully fighting...
Tech & Science
Bloomberg reports today that the detail was filed in a transcript of court proceedings from Oracle’s case against Google. Oracle claims Google’s use of...
World
Streaming leader Spotify has been hit by a new copyright lawsuit seeking $200 million, in the second such case within weeks. The lawsuits, each...
World
Pro-democracy legislators succeeded Wednesday in delaying a highly anticipated parliamentary debate over a new copyright bill in Hong Kong, which has been criticised as...
Tech & Science
TorrentFreak notes this is a 100 percent increase in such requests over last year. Google is facing an onslaught of notices issued by companies...
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French film-maker Luc Besson was found guilty earlier this year of plagiarising cult classic “Escape From New York” with his sci-fi thriller “Lockout”, according...