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eYou Guide – European Union Guide to Internet Rights
The European Commission has created a Web site for citizens to learn about EU Internet law, e-commerce, privacy rights online, and copying digital content. Although not designed for attorneys, the...
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Erich Pommer Institute – German Media Law
The Erich Pommer Institute in Potsdam, Germany maintains an online catalog of its library holdings related to German and EU media law, entertainment law or IP issues. The library catalog records are...
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French Government Report: Creativity and the Internet
The French government has published a report (Creation et Internet) on the future regulation of the Internet. The report discusses intellectual property and proposals to tax search engines, such as...
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Article: Enabling Free On-line Access to UK Law Reports: The Copyright Problem
Enabling Free On-line Access to UK Law Reports: The Copyright Problem Philip Leith and Cynthia Fellows 18 International Journal of Law & Information Technology 72 (Spring 2010) Abstract The...
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From Papyrus to PDF: the Rebirth of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
The Newsletter of Japan’s National Diet Library published an interview with the director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina of Egypt. Interview was conducted by Makoto Nagao, Librarian of the National Diet...
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A Draft 50 State Survey of Copyright Claims in State Codes and Court Opinions
In preparation for the Law.gov event held at Stanford Law School in January of this year, I started to put together a list of how each state treats its legal publications for copyright purposes....
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French Legal Guides from EducNet – Guides Juridique Legamedia
The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research has posted a handful of thematic legal guides on their EducNet site. Guides are able for copyright, protection of children online, cultural...
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WIPO Lex
UN Pulse reports that the World Intellectual Property Organization has formally released WIPO Lex, a portal of IP legislation and treaties searchable by country and subject....
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Accessing and Reusing Copyright Government Records
Accessing and Reusing Copyright Government Records John Gilchrist 10 Law and Justice Journal 213 (2010) Full text available at: http://www.law.qut.edu.au/files/4.Access_and_Reuse_GILCHRIST_3.pdf...
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French Law 2012-287: Database of Digitized 20th Century Books
Law 2012-287 was published in the Official Journal of France on March 2, 2012. The law, which amended France’s Intellectual Property Code, proposes building a free, public database of digitized books...
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New U.S. Copyright Office Report: “Orphan Works and Mass Digitization”
The United States Copyright Office has recently issued a new report on “orphan works,” or copyright-protected work for which rights-holders are not determinable or contactable, as well as on...
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No Valid Copyright in the “Happy Birthday” Song Lyrics
In a decision filed yesterday, Chief Judge George H. King of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has held there is no valid copyright in the “Happy Birthday” song lyrics —...
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