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