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Copyright directive 'will stifle EU competition'
News The EU's Intellectual Property Rights Directive, which is similar to the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), is designed to harmonise the enforcement of copyright, patents and trademarks across the EU and help law enforcers crack down on...
[August 5, 2003, 16:35]
UK launches 'Euro-DMCA' debate
News The UK looks set to get its own version of the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), following the publication of proposals to implement the EU Copyright Directive into UK Law. Under Article 6 of the Directive, the UK and other...
[August 12, 2002, 11:29]
Anti-piracy directive could expose consumers
News Minor copyright infringements could lead to harsh sanctions under the anti-piracy directive approved by the European Parliament on Tuesday, according to a UK civil liberties group. In an analysis of the EU Copyright Directive (EUCD) of 2001, for...
[March 10, 2004, 13:20]
UK file-swappers could face jail under new law
News UK file swappers face up to two years' imprisonment under new copyright regulations, which implement the provisions of a European directive, that are expected to take effect in the UK this month. The Copyright Directorate, a Patent Office...
[October 8, 2003, 13:40]
Europe heading down DMCA route, warns think tank
News In an analysis of the EU Copyright Directive (EUCD) of 2001, the UK's Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) found that most countries were failing to protect researchers, business competition and consumers in their implementations of...
[September 16, 2003, 15:45]
EC accepts Internet copyright standard for Europe
News The European Commission (EC) adopted a directive on Monday establishing European copyright rules on the trade of books, films and music over the Internet. The directive is intended to provide a secure online environment for cross-border trade in...
[April 10, 2001, 15:47]
MEP: Media industry must not infiltrate data retention laws
News Retention directive to cover copyright infringement. Ludford accused the Creative and Media Business Alliance (CMBA) of taking advantage of the directive for its own ends. As first reported by ZDNet UK last Thursday, the CMBA wants the scope of the...
[November 29, 2005, 13:25]
Copyright law catches IT firms off guard
News It the UK's implementation of the controversial European Union Copyright Directive (EUCD), which strengthens copyright protections. The UK's Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) found in a recent analysis that most countries were...
[November 12, 2003, 16:25]
Critics: EU in pocket of big-music interests
News Philipson accuses EU policy-makers of being in the pocket of the "big five" (BMG, EMI, Polygram, Time Warner and Sony), and claims the EU's proposed copyright directive will also support SDMI. The proposed EU copyright directive will provide a...
[September 29, 1999, 10:02]
Group warns of Europe's 'DMCA on steroids'
News Ville Oksanen, a lawyer and vice chairman of Electronic Frontier Finland, said that a slew of incoming legislation, including the IP Enforcement Directive, the EU Copyright Directive and the EU Software Patent Directive, threatened to create...
[August 11, 2003, 16:45]
Critics delay vote on EU intellectual property law
News A 2001 copyright directive, known as the EUCD, finally passed into UK law last month, after delays. The draft directive on the enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights was set for a vote in the European Parliament on 11 September, but was...
[November 19, 2003, 16:30]
Analysis: Experts agree Napster cannot be stopped, Part II
News Carey is pinning her hopes on the Copyright Directive, which is currently going through the European Parliament. Even if it does, it seems unlikely there will be anything in the final Copyright Directive UK bill to prevent the development of...
[March 24, 2000, 12:30]
Software patents: 'A really bad idea'
News Robin Gross is an attorney and executive directive of IP Justice, a US-based grassroots civil liberties organisation that promotes balanced intellectual property law and protects freedom of expression.
[May 19, 2004, 16:50]
Europe's 'DMCA on steroids' gets go-ahead
News A 2001 copyright directive, known as the EUCD, finally passed into UK law last month, after delays. The JURI vote had been delayed several times amid ongoing criticism that the directive's implementation would criminalise many innocuous activities...
[November 27, 2003, 16:35]
EU delays vote on 'Euro-DMCA'
News The European Parliament is also facing criticism over a 2001 directive on copyright. An analysis on the implementation of the copyright directive, published this week by FIPR, said the law was damaging European scientific research as well as...
[September 11, 2003, 17:20]
'DMCA on steroids' passed by EU
News The new directive is aimed at bringing copyright and intellectual property enforcement laws into line across the European Union, which is a task viewed as particularly important with the impending expansion of the European Union to 25 countries.
[March 10, 2004, 7:35]
'DMCA on steroids' heads for Euro Parliament
News A 2001 copyright directive, known as the EUCD, finally passed into UK law last October, after delays. The IFPI argued at the time the directive was introduced that the proposed measures are not tough enough to hold back an "epidemic of...
[February 19, 2004, 20:39]
UK companies see perils in software patents
News The government's claim that patents protect innovation was questioned by industry experts at a meeting on Tuesday where the proposed EU software patent directive was discussed. The UKPO has for a long time claimed that the Computer Implemented...
[December 15, 2004, 14:40]
'Free Dmitri' protests gathers little London support
News But there are plans afoot to impose similar penalties on computer programmers under the EU copyright directive, due to be enforced later this year. Article 6 of the directive includes a technical protection measure, which will enforce DVD region...
[July 31, 2001, 13:53]
BSA 'piracy' report dismissed as scaremongering
News Despite the percentage decline in the ratio of unlicensed software, the BSA claimed it was important the UK government take tougher action against intellectual property violations by implementing the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement...
[May 19, 2005, 12:45]
