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Mishaps? No, MIT Apps ... 27 Aug 2013 | 06:55 pm
If it works with apps, it might just work with ... cats "Edinburgh's crowdsourced symphony made with MIT apps" is the headline of a BBC breaking news item that tore this blogger in half. One part of....
The CopyKat - small, furry - and hungry 26 Aug 2013 | 09:58 pm
David Carson There is a well written report on the Music Industry Newswire reporting on this year's Institute on Entertainment Law and Business, co-sponsored by the USC Gould School of Law and the Be...
Macao gets some special treaty treatment 26 Aug 2013 | 03:55 pm
If you were a little surprised to receive a media release from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) entitled "WIPO Copyright Treaty: Declaration by the People's Republic of China", don'...
ALAI Study Days 2010 -- papers now published 26 Aug 2013 | 12:09 pm
ALAI Study Days 2010 Vienna - The Duration of Copyright and Related Rights has now been published by Medien und Recht. You can check out all the details here. The contents are as follows: The Durati...
CopyCamp calls for papers 23 Aug 2013 | 04:16 pm
From Paweł Stankiewicz comes the exciting news that there is a call for speakers at CopyCamp 2013 – an international conference devoted to the subject of copyright, which will be held in Warsaw, Polan...
PRS for Music and YouTube sign licensing deal 21 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
UK Publisher and songwriter collection society PRS for Music and YouTube have signed a multi-year licence covers over 130 territories The licence covers the use of the "significant repertoire" repres...
Does US fair use really make a difference? The answer is: sometimes 21 Aug 2013 | 05:22 pm
Following this morning's announcement on the IPKat, the joint IPKat/1709 Blog poll that followed the decision of the US 9th Circuit in Seltzer v Green Day (here and here) is now closed. It sought re....
COPYKAT THAT CAPTAIN 21 Aug 2013 | 04:08 pm
Outdoor movie nights in Hintonburg, Canada, have been cancelled indefinitely after the discovery that the local community association has been ignoring copyright for the past four years. Now the Hinto...
Does US fair use work better? Your (last) chance to have your say! 19 Aug 2013 | 03:34 pm
0 0 1 185 1060 University of Cambridge 8 2 1243 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE There is only ONE day left before The 1709 Blog/IPKat joint poll on open-ended US fair...
The CopyKat - weekend scratching post 16 Aug 2013 | 10:28 pm
Farewell to wall to wall Beyonce, Shakira and Pitbull. Ecuador’s airwaves are about to undergo a domestic invasion thanks to a recently passed communications law which says that half of all music play...
