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Search engines sign Code to help tackle online piracy
The UKIPO announced last week that it has helped to negotiate an agreement which will see search engines and creative industries work together to stop users being led to copyright infringing websites.
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"Get it Right" campaign launched in the UK to combat online piracy
A new educational campaign was recently launched in the UK to reduce online piracy, under the name "Get it Right" .
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Media players that link to unauthorised content may be unlawful
The Advocate General of the EU (AG) has delivered his opinion today in Stichting Brein v Jack Frederik Wullems, acting under the name of Filmspeler C 527/15 that the sale of a multimedia player, where the seller has installed add-ons containing hyperlinks to websites that hold unrestricted and unauthorised access to copyright protected works is unlawful.
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The Free Wi-Fi Issue in Germany - How the European Court of Justice is Challenging German Liability Rules
It came as a big surprise when German media outlets recently leaked that the German government apparently decided to abandon the so-called "Störerhaftung" with regard to third party liability rules