copyright law

Google News Is Closing In Spain Because Of Copyright Law:

Google News Is Closing In Spain Because Of Copyright Law:

Google has announced that it will be permanently shutting down the Spanish version of Google News, effective from December 16, 2014. The shutdown comes in direct response to amendments to the Spanish intellectual property law (Ley De Propiedad Intelectual) imposing a compulsory fee for the use of snippets of text to link to news articles, by online news aggregators that provide a search service.

Just Monkeying Around – Animals Selfies Can’t Be Copyrighted:

Just Monkeying Around – Animals Selfies Can’t Be Copyrighted:

Just a quick post for all those budding wildlife photographers out there – don’t let a curious monkey (or any other jungle animal for that matter) push the shutter button on your camera instead of you. Why you ask?

Recycling or Piggybacking? Emerging Technology and ‘Fair Use’:

Recycling or Piggybacking? Emerging Technology and ‘Fair Use’:

We’ve previously highlighted how Copyright law in Australia is in a sense ‘broken’ as it fails to keep pace with emerging technologies. What is considered as the biggest flaw in copyright law in this country is the lack of a ‘fair use’ defence to copyright infringement, which covers the ‘recycling’ of content, where it is repurposed or modified by another author.

REMIX! Australia's Copyright Law is Broken:

REMIX! Australia's Copyright Law is Broken:

Technology is constantly changing, evolving and reinventing itself and at an ever increasing pace. It's amazing, inspiring and something that you have to keep pace with. Unfortunately it moves so quick, that quite often the law can't keep up with it.