# copyright - Tuesday 30 July, 2019
# Dark Horse
# Dark Horse
Perry’s hit Dark Horse bears similarities to Joyful Noise by Flame, who first took a case against the singer in 2014.
# copyright - Tuesday 26 March, 2019
# European Parliament
# European Parliament
Intense lobbying was done by tech giants like Google, which profits hugely from the advertising generated alongside the content it hosts.
# copyright - Thursday 7 February, 2019
# Damages Claim
# Damages Claim
David Lewis Smith claims the One Direction release Night Changes infringes his musical work.
# copyright - Wednesday 12 September, 2018
# Dodgy Boxes
# Dodgy Boxes
The Garda Criminal Assets Bureau has also sought to freeze bank accounts worth €84,000.
# copyright - Sunday 24 June, 2018
# Filtering
# Filtering
Internet users have been warned that even their beloved memes are at risk.
# copyright - Tuesday 16 January, 2018
# copyright - Thursday 16 November, 2017
# Questions Of Copyright
# Questions Of Copyright
At the launch of a new IMRO report today, there was a serious focus on the issue of copyright and how much musicians make from sites like YouTube.
# copyright - Wednesday 25 October, 2017
# Lose Yourself
# Lose Yourself
The National Party had used a work entitled ‘Eminem Esque’ which the rapper’s publishers said was actually one of his songs under a different name.
# copyright - Tuesday 12 September, 2017
# Monkey See Monkey Sue
# Monkey See Monkey Sue
Peta had argued that the monkey called Naruto owned the copyright to the photo.
# copyright - Thursday 13 July, 2017
# Misc
# Misc
Leo Sherlock was ordered to apologise as part of a court settlement.
# copyright - Tuesday 4 July, 2017
# Been A Hard Pay Fight
# Been A Hard Pay Fight
The former Beatle had filed an action against Sony ATV Music Publishing.
# copyright - Tuesday 9 February, 2016
# That's A Relief
# That's A Relief
Strictly speaking every time you’ve sung it in recent times you’ve been breaching copyright. Not any longer however…
# copyright - Thursday 14 January, 2016
# Remixes
# Remixes
Amhrán na bhFiann’s copyright expired three years ago.
# copyright - Thursday 7 January, 2016
# Naruto
# Naruto
PETA petitioned the court to have the macaque “declared the author and owner of his photograph”.
# copyright - Wednesday 23 December, 2015
# MegaVideo
# MegaVideo
A New Zealand court has decided that he can be extradited.
# copyright - Sunday 1 November, 2015
# Adolf Hitler
# Adolf Hitler
“There is a German peculiarity of worrying about what others might say.”
# copyright - Friday 9 October, 2015
# Downward Facing Dog
# Downward Facing Dog
Bikram Choudhury has taken credit for extending the careers of sports stars like John McEnroe.
# copyright - Thursday 24 September, 2015
# Hail To The Chimp
# Hail To The Chimp
US animal rights activists PETA have taken the nature photographer involved to court over the snap.
# copyright - Wednesday 23 September, 2015
# Long Legal Battle
# Long Legal Battle
Warner Chappell Music does “not own a valid copyright,” a judge said.
# Sweet Deposition
# Sweet Deposition
Haribo argued that Lindt’s bear-shaped chocolates infringed on their gummy bear.
# copyright - Tuesday 4 August, 2015
# Shake It Off
From The Daily Edge
# Shake It Off
Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate…
# copyright - Monday 27 July, 2015
# Copyright
# Copyright
If you’re losing out commercially, it will.
# copyright - Wednesday 17 June, 2015
# No You Did Not
# No You Did Not
The Don apparently didn’t have permission to use his music to launch his presidential campaign yesterday.
# copyright - Friday 5 June, 2015
# Losing My Religion
# Losing My Religion
“They no longer live ‘happily ever after’ … Being the child of parents with no faith is tough.”
# copyright - Saturday 21 March, 2015
# Mapping It Out
# Mapping It Out
Very sneaky cartographers. Very sneaky.
# copyright - Monday 5 January, 2015
# Copyright Infringement
# Copyright Infringement
The number of requests increased by 75% compared to 2013.
# copyright - Tuesday 23 December, 2014
# Not So Happy Now
# Not So Happy Now
It’s all about copyright and who gets paid for artists’ tracks.
# copyright - Tuesday 9 December, 2014
# Copyright
# Copyright
Playboy says the link was published a week before the 60th edition of the magazine and it destroyed the exclusivity of the shoot.
# copyright - Tuesday 4 November, 2014
# Copyright
# Copyright
Fredrik Neij reportedly fled to Southeast Asia after being released on bail.
# copyright - Monday 3 November, 2014
# Copyright
# Copyright
A court ruling stands that some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories are no longer in copyright.
# copyright - Tuesday 16 September, 2014
# Hug Me
From The Daily Edge
# Hug Me
And he’s jealous of Pharrell Williams.
# copyright - Wednesday 6 August, 2014
# War Has Begun
# War Has Begun
It was “the work of a non-human animal”, apparently…
# copyright - Thursday 10 July, 2014
# Copyright
# Copyright
The ruling means that the layout of Apple’s stores are now registered as a trademark in both the US and EU.
# copyright - Wednesday 14 May, 2014
# Space Oddity
From The Daily Edge
# Space Oddity
Houston, we have a problem.
# copyright - Wednesday 30 April, 2014
# Copywrong
From The Daily Edge
# Copywrong
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.
# copyright - Thursday 27 March, 2014
# Blocking
# Blocking
The ruling allows ISPs to decide the best way to combat copyright violations in their respective country.
# copyright - Tuesday 25 March, 2014
# Arr-ndroid
# Arr-ndroid
More than one million counterfeit apps were sold by US site appbucket.net, which were worth more than €500,000.
# copyright - Saturday 18 January, 2014
# Copyright
From The Daily Edge
# Copyright
Entertainment.ie is also being sued for publishing the images.
# copyright - Sunday 22 December, 2013
# Google Books
# Google Books
Who knew books could cause such a fuss?
# copyright - Saturday 7 December, 2013
# Online Copyright Law
# Online Copyright Law
Junior Minister Seán Sherlock has spoken at length about the controversy surrounding a law enacted last year that some believe will restrict internet freedom.
