Laurence Kaye on Digital Media Law
"As the Internet dog wags its long tail, digital copyright is right there tugging at its lead. Copyright content of every description is shared, mashed, borrowed and adapted on the network. Digital citizens complain that copyright law is no longer fit for purpose in this new world. On the other hand, copyright owners complain about piracy and illegal file sharing. In this blog, we will disentangle the issues and look at what’s really going on in the wacky world of copyright."
Author: Laurence Kaye Solicitors is located in Radlett, England.
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • International • Europe • United Kingdom • Law Firm
Recent Posts from Laurence Kaye on Digital Media Law
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Future Regulation of the Internet
Dear Reader, Laurie is busy with work on SABIP and apologises for the radio silence. He'll be back and blogging soon but in the meantime, I'm afraid, you'll have to make do with me... The…
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Google Search as 'Facilitator' not 'Publisher'
Dear Reader, There has been some doubt in the UK as to whether search engines are 'publishers' and so responsible for: (a) displaying unlawful content in 'snippets' on the search results page; or (b) displaying…
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Different Playground, Same Old Bullies
Dear Reader, I was quoted in the Times recently in relation to a teenage 'cyberbully', Keeley Houghton, who was jailed and issued with a restraining order for bullying another teenage girl. The reporter asked me…
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Banksy - an unlikely copyright ambassador?
Dear Reader, Whilst Laurie remains heavily involved in SABIP's work on the future of copyright, I want to share a thought with you which struck me at the Banksy exhibition in Covent Garden recently. This…
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Digital Britain: Blueprint for the future?
Dear reader 'Digital Britain', published June 16th, is not modest in its stated ambition: "Digital Britain is the government's vision of an of an economy and society where core working activities are based around knowledge,…
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A year's lifespan for every tweet?
Dear reader, I will be blogging soon about Digital Britain so watch this space. In the meantime, Yasmin weighs up a regulatory development in the field of data retention in this post and in a…
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Web 2.0, UGC, Mash ups: who owns the data, who is responsible?
Dear reader I gave a presentation on this subject at the European Directory Publishers Conference in Barcelona on May 29th. (I arrived just as the Barcelona team were on their triumphal tour around the City.…
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Copyright: green shoots?
Dear reader You'll have read from previous posts about the recurring theme (or is it a formula?) of new business models + effective copyright enforcement = 21st century copyright. It seems to me that 'green…
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Profiling, Targeting, Behavioural Advertising
Dear Reader, My colleague, Yasmin Joomraty, attended a very interesting forum on 'Behavioural Targeting, Social Networking and the Challenges of Online Privacy' earlier this week. We were discussing her views and I asked her to…
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Report on the European Commission's Content Online Platform
Dear Reader The European Commission has just published its Final Report on the Content Online Platform which was set up as part of its 'Creative Content' initiative to get stakeholders together to debate key issues.…