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The Digital Age of Journalism: My Placement at “The Globe and Mail”

IPilogue

Over the course of my time at The Globe, I gained vast and multidisciplinary experience, but three major themes emerged within my practical and research work: privacy, contracts, and data protection. Complying with privacy regulations, especially in IT contracts, is as important as it can be misunderstood.

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Peter Gleeson Leaves News Corp Following Plagiarism Scandal

Plagiarism Today

However, shortly after publication, another UK journalist, Josh Bavas, noticed that several paragraphs of one of the articles were copied verbatim from his earlier work without any citation. ABC’s Media Watch also investigated and found sill more copying in the piece, including large sections taken from a different journalist.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. In another decision , from 2016, the BGH found that remuneration claims under Section 32 UrhG arise when the agreed remuneration at the time of the respective contract being concluded is not appropriate when viewed from the perspective of the time of conclusion of the contract (ex-ante view).

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Ruth Shalit Barrett Sues The Atlantic for $1 Million Over Retraction

Plagiarism Today

According to a 1999 report by Washington City Paper , she first found herself dealing with accusations of plagiarism, something she blamed on copy and paste errors. According to Barrett, that retraction was excessive and was made out of fear and deference to The Washington Post more than proper journalism protocol.

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Study on Copyright and Scientific Publications: Encouraging Access and Re-use

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The implications are significant, as “illustration for scientific research” (aside from being rather counter-intuitive and obscure language) would exclude copying the whole or parts of articles for the purposes of individual study. This could cause problems in cases when the publishing contract is governed by non-EU law.

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Utilizing the Annual Copyright License Across Your Organization

Velocity of Content

After all, many kinds of published literature, including news, blogs, books, journals, and standards — including the organizations’ own materials — are protected by copyright laws that place limits on how content can be used by others without the rightsholder’s permission.

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A summary look at the Portuguese transposition of the CDSM Directive

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The belated Portuguese transposition of the CDSM Directive was finally published in the Portuguese Official Journal (Diário da República) on the 19th of June 2023. The contract adjustment mechanism and other contractual safeguards explicitly apply to commissioned works and work-for-hire ex Art. Museu do Azulejo by G.P.

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