SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In this post, SpicyIP intern Niyati Prabhu discusses the issues surrounding access to law and the dilemma surrounding copyright. Access to law/legal proceedings: – The right to access justice, which is guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution, also encompasses the right to access live court proceedings.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Sci-Hub and Libgen have developed a reputation for breaking down digital walls as part of their quest to grant universal access to scientific papers, research, and knowledge. The publishers view the platforms as straightforward pirate sites so want to deny access to them in any way possible, including via site-blocking measures.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

These overarching principles developed by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, together constitute the SARAL framework (Simple, Accessible, Rational and Actionable Laws) and present a nuanced and principled approach to enhance the quality and effectiveness of legal texts.

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The IPKat

APRIL 24, 2023

Lokur), Japan (led by Chief Judge Ryuichi Shitara), Republic of Korea (led by Judge Kyuhong Lee), UK (led by Lord Justice Colin Birss), US (led by Professor Peter S. Last Friday, WIPO published An International Guide to Patent Case Management for Judges.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

Having started back in 2015 , Delhi High Court judge Justice Prathiba M. Also present were foreign dignitaries, including Annabelle Bennett (Former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, Sydney), Colin Birss (Lord Justice, Court of Appeal, England and Wales), and Klaus Grabinski (President of the Unified Patent Court (EU), Luxembourg).

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

wherein the Delhi High Court had initiated a criminal contempt proceeding against the defendants for producing a fake IPAB order and placed the matter before the Chief Justice for reference to the appropriate division bench. I tried looking for this order in our openly accessible repository of IPAB orders but was not able to find a copy.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 26, 2023

Department of Justice told the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday that a Texas federal court abused its discretion by issuing an order that would have blocked access to a common abortion medication had the U.S. Supreme Court not stepped in to stop it.

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IPilogue

JULY 12, 2021

Not only did the Supreme Court of Canada hear the much-anticipated York University v Access Copyright appeal, an important case on the nature of copyright collective licensing and educational fair dealing, but it was also the Honourable Rosalie Silberman Abella’s final hearing as a Supreme Court Justice. v Teranet Inc.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 23, 2021

On July 30, the Supreme Court of Canada released their much-anticipated judgement in York University v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) [ York University ]. This was a drastic increase from the fees stipulated in the 1994 to 2010 licence agreement between Access Copyright and post-secondary institutions.

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Michael Geist

JULY 24, 2023

Amy Salyzyn is a colleague at the University of Ottawa who has written extensively in the area of legal ethics, lawyer regulation, the use of technology in the delivery of legal services and access to justice. The podcast can be downloaded here , accessed on YouTube , and is embedded below.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In a judgement of 13 October 2022 (I ZR 111/21) – DNS-Blocking, the German Federal Court of Justice ( BGH ) ruled on the conditions under which rights holders can claim blocking of access to certain websites (DNS Blocking) from Internet access providers under German law. The judgment of the Federal Court of Justice.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 17, 2021

INL3D sold at least three models of pre-load set-top box and also offered access to a pirate IPTV service carrying in excess of 174 TV channels. Ottawa Tek also sold pre-loaded set-top boxes and access to a pirate IPTV service, which together provided access to at least 1,408 copyrighted works.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Justice O’Connor, who delivered the Court’s opinion, wrote: The Court of Appeals erred in concluding that The Nation ‘s use of the copyrighted material was excused by the public’s interest in the subject matter. Any copyright infringer may claim to benefit the public by increasing public access to the copyrighted work.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Justice Angela Furlanetto agreed the defendants were in default but since Voltage only presented IP address-based evidence, questions remained over who had actually shared the movie. In June 2022, Justice Furlanetto declined default judgment but also refused to dismiss the case. Rennie, David W. Stratas, Wyman W.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 17, 2023

The Minnesota man pleaded guilty to one count of ‘Computer Fraud – Unauthorized Access to Obtain Information From a Protected Computer’ and to the forfeiture of $500,000, an amount said to represent proceeds traceable to the commission of the offense. Focusing on MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL content, Hehestreams was no ordinary IPTV service.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Underpinned by the widespread belief that publishers exploit academic works, to sustain a monopoly that restricts access to information in favor of profit, all bets are suddenly off. Even among those who view other types of piracy as immoral, access to education for those unable to afford it is increasingly considered the new moral standard.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Department of Justice. While all this was ongoing Z-Library remained accessible through the dark web In addition, questions sent to the site’s official email address were still being answered after the arrest of the two alleged operators, suggesting that part of the team was intact. Z-Library Responds.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2023

ISPs in several dozen countries prevent subscribers from accessing a variety of ‘pirate’ sites, often in response to a court order. As a result, Justice Shankar issued an order that prohibits the operators from making pirated copies of the Spider-Man films available to the public.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 27, 2022

This often pushes rightsholders down the path of court-ordered site blocking which compels local ISPs to deny subscriber access to domains and/or IP addresses. This often pushes rightsholders down the path of court-ordered site blocking which compels local ISPs to deny subscriber access to domains and/or IP addresses.

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The IPKat

APRIL 14, 2024

This short blog post cannot do justice to all of the chapters in this collection, so the review will instead highlight five chapters that cut across different SDGs and areas of intellectual property to illustrate the breadth and richness of this volume. Ncube and Matthew Rimmer. That's not a Kat. but it does care about the environment!

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 19, 2024

The big struggle for rightsholders was a lack of clarity in Spanish law; specifically whether the mere provision of links amounted to a ‘communication to the public’, a regular feature of many copyright cases that have ended up at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). That didn’t go unnoticed.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2024

This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted a comment to the U.S. Copyright Office to advocate for renewed and expanded exemptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DCMA), which prohibits the circumvention of technology protection measures that control access to copyrighted content.

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Above the Fold

MARCH 15, 2024

This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted a comment to the U.S. Copyright Office to advocate for renewed and expanded exemptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DCMA), which prohibits the circumvention of technology protection measures that control access to copyrighted content.

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The IPKat

MARCH 24, 2024

Free access to the first issue is available here , subscriptions are open here. The Seminar will focus on "Collective Licensing as means of rights clearance for access to material in libraries", while the Workshop will be devoted to "Copyright solutions: sustainable digital access to library stacks abroad.”

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IPilogue

MARCH 1, 2022

Do you have any comments on accessing legal services for yourself? ” This was interesting to me as accessing legal services appears grounded in the power dynamic between independent artists and larger companies. According to the World Justice Project, 52% of respondents experienced a legal problem in the past two years.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The latter can be helpful if people want to access a streaming service’s content library in another country. This basically means that people circumvent access restrictions if they choose to use a VPN to access content outside these artificial borders. They can also help to bypass geographical restrictions.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Photo by Kelly Sikkema via Unsplash With the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) restarting its activities after the vacation break, we look back to one of the late-summer judgement, standing out for its technical, yet impactful character. Then, the question if Ocilion could be considered as engaging in acts of communication to the public.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In an order dated August 22, 2022, Justice Prathiba M. Agreeing that the plaintiffs had a prima facie case of infringement, she issued an ex-parte interim injunction which required Indian ISPs to block access to the domains. Justice Singh agreed and handed down an injunction dated August 22, 2022. Singh was happy to oblige.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Department of Justice seized its domain names. Those who try to access the platform’s.onion domains receive an error message informing them that Z-Library is unreachable. While attempts to access Z-Library are currently problematic, that isn’t confirmation that the remaining team members have thrown in the towel.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 10, 2022

A standing order issued by Delaware's chief federal judge requiring litigants to disclose whether their cases or defenses are being financed by third parties is unlikely to have onerous effects but may raise questions regarding potential conflicts of interest and access to justice, say Cayse Llorens and Matthew Oxman at LexShares.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 16, 2021

The decision removes any doubt that the Supreme Court remains strongly supportive of user’s rights and vindicates years of educational policy in shifting away from Access Copyright toward alternative means of ensuring compliance with copyright law. The podcast can be downloaded here , accessed on YouTube , and is embedded below.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 27, 2022

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's approach to intellectual property law was consistently skeptical, expressing concern that patents and copyrights can limit access to information in decisions that took a broad view of fair use and fueled patent eligibility challenges. Departing U.S.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The Panel discussed: AI in law school curriculums; AI as an aid to Access to Justice; and. The Panel discussed: AI in law school curriculums; AI as an aid to Access to Justice; and. Using AI to crystallize a set of rules depersonalizes the law and isolates persons from the human element of justice.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 24, 2021

It targeted six major ISPs (BT, EE, Plusnet, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media) demanding that they block subscriber access to five domains carrying NSW2U and NSWROM branding. On that basis, Justice Smith found that the sites infringe Nintendo copyrights in the UK by offering, for profit, its Switch game titles for download.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 24, 2022

The group, identifying themselves as “For Justice in College Applications” specifically targeted two sisters, Annabelle (Seung Ah) Choi and Madeline (Myung Suh) Choi. However, the journals fall under the iProclaim umbrella, an open access group that charges a publication fee. All five papers were published in different journals.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

After reviewing the motion, last week Associate Chief Justice Jocelyne Gagné granted the new blocking order. ” Justice Gagné writes. . ” Justice Gagné writes. The landmark decision opened the door to additional and more advanced blocking requests. 2022/2023 NHL Piracy Blockade.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

With more than 30% of the population using the devices, which grant access to more live streaming content than most people can consume, Taiwan came under pressure from the United States. Taiwan made amendments to copyright law that outlawed piracy-configured devices. With Hollywood regularly reporting UnblockTech to the U.S. Government.

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