News Roundup - December 2014

1. Google sues Mississippi Attorney General 'for doing MPAA's dirty work'
2. China opens second intellectual property rights court
3. Google & MPAA Publicly Slam Each Other Over Piracy
4. Swedish Supreme Court Determines Movie Piracy Fines
5. “How To Learn Absolutely Nothing In Fifteen Years,” By The Copyright Industry
6. Sony Planned to Flood Torrent Sites With “Promo” Torrents
7. Leak Exposes Hollywood’s Global Anti-Piracy Strategy
8. The Pirate Bay Goes Down Worldwide
9. Google News Is Taken Offline In Spain, After A Call For Payments

News Roundup - November 2014

1. Net neutrality: FCC tells Obama to back off
2. Has Switzerland cracked the net neutrality riddle?
3. CJEU asked to rule on copyright liability of operators of free and open Wi-Fi networks
4. Operation Onymous may have exposed flaws in Tor, developers reveal
5. Right to be forgotten poses more questions than answers
6. Amazon takes 22.5% of UK entertainment market Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released From Prison
7. AVG Monitors Torrenting Habits to Advise Heavy Downloaders
8. 17 Arrested As European, U.S. Officials Raid Online Black Markets
9. Picking The Locks: Redefining Copyright Law In The Digital Age

News Roundup - October 2014

1. Close To 100,000 Hungarian Demonstrators Protest Internet Usage Tax
2. In An Online, On-Demand Age, TV Reruns Are Redefined
3. UK reforms enabling private copying, parodying and general quotation of copyrighted material come into force
4. Academic behind copyright law changes warns that rights holders could lose even more control of content by taking test cases to court
5. Oettinger sketches out EU copyright reforms timetable

News Roundup - September 2014

1. CJEU defines works of parody and rules that rights holders' interests must be considered

News Roundup - August 2014

1. Is posting football Vines copyright infringement?

News Roundup - July 2014

1. Doubt cast over proposed UK laws on private copying 
2. Digital Economy Act copyright regime shelved by UK government
3. Private copying exception plans face possible legal action following parliamentary sign off

News Roundup - June 2014

1. Private copying, parody and quotation rights rules move closer to being implemented
2. Researchers given 'data mining' right under new UK copyright laws
3. Viewing freely available copyrighted material on websites does not require rights holders' permission, rules CJEU
4. Rights holders can control resale of digital content that is not software, rules German court

News Roundup - May 2014

1. Oracle wins US appeal against Google in software copyright case
2. UK government may be underestimating 'economic impact' of copyright reforms on creators, warns Peers
3. Music Distributor Claims Right to Monetize JFK Speech
4. “U.S. Prisons Play Pirated Movies to Inmates”
5. US Expelled Saudi Students For Using Pirate Software, Official Says
6. When Lyrics Get Posted Online, Who Gets Paid?

News Roundup - April 2014

1. Amazon stuffs games into Fire TV box: Soz, rivals... WE don't need to make cash on hardware
2. Italy has a clumsy new pirate-choker law. But can anyone do better?
3. Document Reveals When Copyright Trolls Drop Piracy Cases

News Roundup - March 2014

1. General blocking orders to discourage copyright infringing content allowed but ISPs can choose how to comply, rules CJEU
2. UK copyright law changes brought before parliament
3. UK cops: Keep yer golden doubloons, ad folk. Yon websites belong ta PIRATES
4. “Pirates Are The Movie Industry’s Most Valuable Customers”

News Roundup - February 2014

Linking to freely accessible copyrighted content without permission not an act of infringement, rules CJEU
TV viewing figures show Brits prefer traditional sets over smartphones
Scary UFC Copyright Propaganda Matters to Everyone
Most Europeans Download and Stream Pirated Movies
Australian Government Signals Online Piracy Crackdown
Nintendo Wants to Block Pirate Websites and Punish Game Pirates
Google Refuses to Remove Links to Tarantino’s Leaked Script

News Roundup - January 2014

1. 'Netflix bitch': CEO of vid-streaming site taunts HBO chief over results
2. China cuffs 60,000 pirates in 2013 crackdown
3. Google, Netflix ready next weapon in net neutrality battle: The fury of millions
4. The internet is 'a gift from God' says Pope Francis
5. A BBC-by-subscription 'would be richer', MPs told
6. Anti-copyright infringement measures do not prevent the sale of ‘circumvention’ devices that have significant alternative uses, says top EU court
7. In Britain and especially abroad, ebooks are booming
8. UK Considers Throwing Persistent Internet Pirates in Jail
9. Mystery as HarperCollins Hits Apple With Agatha Christie Piracy Claims
10. MPAA: Google Glass is No Threat, but Mobile Phones Are
11. File-Sharing Boosts Creation of New Hit Music, Research Finds
12. The Profits and Pitfalls of Streaming Pirate Movies and TV Shows