On Friday 16 July 2020, the UK communications regulator, Ofcom, published a consultation on video-sharing platform regulation, calling for views by 24 September 2020. ...more
On 26 October 2018, the UK government published a draft version of a statutory instrument (Copyright SI) and explanatory note together with guidance issued by the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) which explain the...more
11/26/2018
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Copyright ,
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Intellectual Property Protection ,
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Online Platforms ,
Portability ,
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UK Brexit ,
UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO)
The UK Government's White Paper sets out detailed proposals for the UK's relationship with the EU following Brexit.
As described in our dissection of the document as a whole, the White Paper sees the digital economy as an...more
7/17/2018
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Internet ,
Internet of Things ,
Telecommunications ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
The UK Government’s White Paper sets out detailed proposals for the UK’s relationship with the EU following Brexit.
As described in our dissection of the document as a whole, the White Paper sees the digital economy as an...more
On 28 March 2018 the Commission published a Notice to Stakeholders on the Withdrawal of the UK and EU rules in the field of Copyright. The Notice reminds stakeholders that, unless the UK comes to an agreement with the EU,...more
4/6/2018
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Digital Media ,
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Portability ,
Referendums ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
Drama at the European Parliament: whoever thought the dispute within the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) around the adoption of a new regulation dealing with online transmissions by broadcasters and retransmissions...more
Drama at the European Parliament: whoever thought the dispute within the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) around the adoption of a new regulation dealing with online transmissions by broadcasters and retransmissions...more
On 29 November 2017, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down a decision on a video recording service that stores TV programmes online in a cloud (C-265/16 – VCAST). ...more
12/5/2017
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Cloud Storage ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
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Electronic Data Transmissions ,
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Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
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Last week, the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs’ (JURI) took its long awaited and frequently postponed vote on the draft Regulation COM(2016) 594 relating to online transmissions and retransmissions by...more
Not long ago, we reported on the Committee on Legal Affairs’ (JURI) decision to temporarily postpone its final vote on the new Copyright Directive (COM(2016) 593). We also pointed to some other copyright-related initiatives...more