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Copyright: Who Owns the Rights to the Laws of Nigeria?

Who owns the copyright to the laws of a nation? Does the government that enacted the laws own it or do the people who gave the government the mandate to make laws, own it? Can the government grant an exclusive right of publication of its laws to a private person? Does a judge own the copyright in the judgment he or she authored?

Copyright Office Releases Online Registration of Claims

Beginning July 1, 2008, the Copyright Office is offering online registration of claims to copyright. Online registration through the electronic Copyright Office (eCO) is the preferred way to register basic claims for literary works; visual arts works; performing arts works, including motion pictures; sound recordings; and single serials. Advantages of online filing include a lower filing fee; the fastest processing time; online status tracking of your claim; secure payment by credit or debit card, electronic check, or Copyright Office deposit account; and the ability to upload certain categories of deposits directly into eCO as electronic files. To register your claim electronically, go to the Copyright Office website at www.copyright.gov and click on the eCO logo.

Karaoke System Suppliers, SHINE Multimedia Co. Ltd and Thunderstone Technology Ltd, Investigated for Providing Pirated Songs

BEIJING, June 25 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The Karaoke Copyright Operation Center of China Audio-Video Copyright Association (CAVCA) revealed that the two companies, SHINE Multimedia Co. Ltd and Thunderstone Technology Ltd, were investigated by copyright authorities on June 20th because they were suspected of illegally copying and supplying pirated songs to Karaoke operators. In May of this year, the Yunnan Copyright Administration received complaints against the Kunming offices of these two companies from China Audio -Video Copyright Association, Music Copyright Society of China (MCSC) and some other rights owners, who claim that the two companies produced and sold VOD systems to Karaoke operators, copied and sold large numbers of music works, including Love Me or Not.

EU Again Thinks About Extending Copyright, Despite Earlier Rejection

Copyright was never designed to be a welfare system -- yet increasingly we're hearing from people who seem to think it is one. A couple years ago, the UK commissioned a detailed report on the question of copyright extension, known as the Gowers Report -- which clearly recommended against extending copyright on performance rights. In fact, Gowers later admitted that all the evidence suggested that copyright length should be shortened, rather than lengthened. And, for at least a little while, the government agreed.

Should Organizations Get To Ignore Copyright For The Sake Of Preservation?

Copyright was clearly designed for a different age: when not everyone was a "publisher." And while we've spent years pointing out many of the different problems that has caused, here's another one: how is a library or some other institution charged with "archiving" written works for posterity supposed to deal with copyright laws that can often make such archival activities against the law? Well, the Library of Congress and a bunch of other organizations have a suggestion: let them all ignore copyright law for the sake of archiving. Basically, the report recommends that certain organizations be designated as "preservation institutions," which are then more or less allowed to ignore copyright law and copy-at-will for the sake of preservation. Of course, this is clearly going to lead to many questions, including just who would get designated

Copyright Police May Seize Laptops, MP3 Players

"iPods, iPhones, laptops and other digital devices could be seized by customs officials worldwide under a new top-secret copyright policing deal being worked out between the G8 nations, reports claim. Nations including Canada, the US and various European states (including the UK, which sits on the G8) are secretly agreeing a new pan-global state police deal in which information held on iPods and other devices could be subject to investigation by customs officials tasked with a new role, as copyright police. Dubbed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), signatory nations will form an international coalition against copyright infringement. The deal’s up for discussion at the next G8 meeting in Tokyo in July, It creates rules and regulations to govern private copying and copyright laws, and posits the founding of an international

Applauding Copyright Bill's Introduction...

TORONTO, June 12 /CNW/ - The members of the Canadian Publishers' Council welcome the long-awaited copyright reform bill that will modernize Canada's Copyright Act. It will enable Canada to ratify the crucial WIPO digital treaties and buttress the rights of copyright creators and producers in a digital world. Our knowledge-based economy will reap benefits from strong copyright legislation while serving Canadians well with access to an ever-increasing repertoire of digital works.

Applauding Copyright Bill's Introduction...

TORONTO, June 12 /CNW/ - The members of the Canadian Publishers' Council welcome the long-awaited copyright reform bill that will modernize Canada's Copyright Act. It will enable Canada to ratify the crucial WIPO digital treaties and buttress the rights of copyright creators and producers in a digital world. Our knowledge-based economy will reap benefits from strong copyright legislation while serving Canadians well with access to an ever-increasing repertoire of digital works.

Is Watching An Infringing YouTube Video Copyright Infringement?

Last year we pointed to a report where a law professor tallied up how much he "infringed" on copyright in a regular day, coming out with a multi-million dollar total. Now Tom writes in to alert us to an article by Chris Soghoian questioning whether or not watching an infringing video on YouTube counts as infringement as well. The summary is that it's hardly a clearcut issue -- which should be seen as a problem. A copyright holder could conceivably make an argument that it's infringement, though it's not clear that it would hold up in court (and the backlash against anyone stupid enough to make such an argument would be overwhelming). What this really highlights, though, is how poorly our copyright laws are structured for the internet age, where anyone can create, distribute and consume tons and tons of content (all covered by copyright, t

NBC, CBS, Fox Say Redlasso Violating Copyright Laws By Streaming Video Clips

May 21, 2008 (FinancialWire) General Electric Co. s (NYSE: GE) NBC Universal, CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS), and News Corp. s (NYSE: NWS-A) Fox charged that Redlasso, a closely-held website operator, has violated copyright laws by streaming video clips of their news, sports and television shows without permission. Previously, Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA-B) filed a $1 billion copyright infringement against Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and its video-share site YouTube. NBC, CBS and Fox have demanded that Redlasso stop reproducing, distributing or displaying the broadcasts. As interest in online video has boomed, broadcasters are attempting to avoid the music industry's troubles by closely protecting their content on the Web. Broadcasters are making more of their content available through their own advertising-supported sites.

Copyright Office Amends Rules Governing Interest Payments on Certain Royalty Fees and Makes Technical Amendment

In light of the Copyright Office’s electronic funds transfer requirement, the Copyright Office is amending its rules governing the payment of interest on late or underpaid royalty fees under the Copyright Act to clarify when interest for late payments and underpayments is due. The Copyright Office is also making a technical correction to its satellite carrier requirements to recognize changes made to section 119 in 2004. (Read further information.) (Read further information.)

U.S. Copyright Office Releases New Technology

The Copyright Office announced that it will enter the next phase in the implementation of its business process reengineering effort to modernize operations from a paper-based to a Web-based processing environment. At the center of the reengineering initiative is a new online registration system named electronic Copyright Office (eCO). Filing an eService claim via eCO allows for a lower filing fee; online status tracking; secure payment by credit or debit card, electronic check or Copyright Office deposit account; and ability to upload certain categories of deposits directly into eCO as electronic files. Users who intend to submit a hard copy of the work being registered may file an application and payment online. eCO may be used to register basic claims to copyright for literary works, visual arts works, performing arts works including mo

Copyleft, Copyright and Everything in Between

As the Internet and file-sharing have mushroomed rapidly over the past few years, copyright law has been questioned by a myriad of organizations and individuals, including file-sharers and the student-based Free Culture movement. Within the filmmaking community there have been a range of standpoints in the debate over intellectual property rights as well. Some choose to throw their work immediately into the public domain, while traditionalists favor full copyright laws to protect their work from being pilfered. Then there are the in-betweens who put only partial restrictions on their work.

The Other Future Of Copyright: The Draconian Suffocating One

The fourth piece in the Cato Institute's Future of Copyright series is a bit bizarre. Written by Tom Bell, who we've mentioned before for his efforts to get people to start calling "intellectual property" "intellectual privilege", it attempts to take a look at the "other" future of copyright. It's sort of the opposite scenario to Rasmus Fleischer's opening piece imagining a world without copyright. Bell's piece tries to get into the mindset of a Hollywood exec, explaining why it seems to make sense to make copyright more and more draconian in an effort to make the "costs" of infringement go up by attacking infringers with everything they've got. Of course, this isn't surprising, and even Bell sort of makes the half-hearted case for it, as he admits at the end.

Japan Considers Fair-Use Clause Based on U.S. Copyright Law

The Japanese government's group in charge of copyright reform is proposing the addition of fair-use clauses similar to those found in the United States Copyright Law. The current Japanese Copyright Law requires permission from the copyright holders for any kind of copying or use, except for personal, library, or academic purposes. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters proposes to expand these exceptions by considering other factors, including whether the copying or use is intended for non-commercial purposes and whether they influence the market or value of the original work.

Mattel Wins Nearly Complete Victory In Copyright Infringement Case Against MGA

July 18, 2008 (FinancialWire) Mattel Inc. (NYSE: MAT) has won a nearly complete victory in its federal copyright infringement case against rival MGA Entertainment Inc. over which toymaker owns the original drawings for the $1 billion-plus Bratz fashion doll franchise. The federal jury found that the creator of the multi-ethnic, big-headed dolls, Carter Bryant, created their characters and the name while he was under contract as a Barbie designer at Mattel. The decision put Mattel in commanding position going into the damages phase of the trial, in which the jury will determine if the Bratz doll infringes on the drawings Mattel now owns and whether MGA owes Mattel damages as a result. Other than four drawings that Bryant testified he made in a notebook while on an eight-month hiatus from Mattel in 1998, privately held MGA lost the rights t

Pending Federal Law Threatens All Copyright Owners Says The Hodgson Law Group

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA) have introduced two similar bills in the House and Senate that threaten to dismantle 100 years of copyright protection, rights guaranteed to authors the U.S. Constitution. The Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008 (S. 2913) and the Orphan Works Act of 2008 (H.R. 5889) allows anyone to use a copyrighted work without first obtaining permission. The user can later claim as a defense to copyright infringement that a diligent search was conducted, but the owner could not be found. As presently drafted, the infringer is virtually insulated from liability absent court proceedings says the Hodgson Law Group. The copyright owner can learn what, if any, diligent search was actually performed to locate the owner only through discovery in costly federal court litigation.

Entertainment Industry Continues To Try To Sneak Copyright Expansion Through ACTA

We've been pointing out how there needs to be a lot more sunlight shone on the discussion surrounding the new "ACTA" treaty, which is basically a way for the entertainment industry to sneak through new copyright laws without getting Congressional approval. Basically, the entertainment industry writes this international treaty, and the US Trade Representative gets it approved. Then, suddenly you get stories from lobbyists for the industry about how we need to change our copyright laws to live up to international agreements. Sneaky, right?

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