Rugby World Cup sending cease and desist notes to Periscope over live match videos
The Rugby World Cup is submitting copyright notices to Periscope for allegedly hosting videos relating to the tournament taking place in England. Chilling Effec...
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Why ‘Happy Birthday’ is still not quite in the public domain
Most people will have heard that Happy Birthday, the popular birthday jingle, was subject to copyright, meaning that the holders could pursue people for royalti...
Pirate Bay claims Swedish cops never snatched torrent site’s servers
The Pirate Bay claimed on Monday that Swedish police never laid hands on the servers behind the filesharing site in a raid last December, despite the fact the w...
Copyright case against Kim Dotcom rebuffed by US presidential candidate
Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has enlisted an influential ally as he entered the last leg of a battle to prevent extradition to the United States on charges ...
Tories seemingly break copyright laws in Jeremy Corbyn attack video
A Conservative attack video aimed at smearing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as a “threat to our national security” was taken down on Tuesday following a copyright...