IPRED Directive
The text of the IPRED Directive ((Enforcement of intellectual property rights (criminal measures)) as approuved by the European Parliament:
Friday, April 27, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
WIPD
Today’s the World Intellectual Property Day!
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Rolex v. EBay
Germany’s highest judicial court on Thursday ruled that the German branch of the Internet auctioneer eBay must try to prevent attempts to sell fake Rolex watches on its website.
The Swiss luxury brand took eBay to court after a number of fake Rolex watches were offered for sale on the website between June 2000 and January 2001.
The court in Karslruhe in south-western Germany said that eBay was obliged to withdraw purported offers of Rolex watches immediately if there was reason to suspect that they were counterfeit, or if it was alerted to the fact by Rolex.
http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?iArticleId=3790048
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Conference in Lecce on Creative Commons
Spanish decision on Creative Commons
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
ASCAP: I create music
ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO
April 19-21, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
TechBlog
The TechBlog is where CC/SC software people, interns, Summer of Code students, etc. can blog about the technical side of things at Creative Commons.
Check it out at http://techblog.creativecommons.org
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Italian Legal Web Sites
Very interesting legal web sites from Italy:
www.civile.it and www.iusseek.eu edited by Mr. Valentino Spataro
www.diritto.it edited by Mr. Francesco Brugaletta
Unfortunately in Italian only. They are worth a visit, in any case.
iTunes / EMI (chapter 2)
The storied British music company — pilloried for its conservatism by the Sex Pistols in the 1977 anti-label protest song EMI (Unlimited Edition) — took a surprisingly liberal step on Monday, becoming the first major label to drop so-called digital rights management, or DRM, software that restricts music copying. The company is gambling that music lovers won’t mind paying a little more — $1.29 versus .99 — for hassle-free, higher quality music files.
Read the article here:
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/04/emi_business0403
Emi catalon on iTunes (without DRM!)
NEW YORK—- Music company EMI Group PLC — home of The Rolling Stones and Coldplay — has been talking with online retailers about possibly selling its entire digital music catalog in MP3 format without copy protection, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing numerous people familiar with the matter.
Read all the article here:
