The UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCa) has closed down an online music site citing “music posted on the site was stolen from the artists and may have damaged careers”.read more
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RnBXclusive.com shut down by police
Extension of copyright protection for music performers
EU laws have formally approved an extension of current copyright protection for music performers, currently the term of copyright is for 50 years but under the new law this will be extended to 70 years.read more
New initative to tackle Intellectual Property (IP) crime
The Intellectual Property Office and the Crown Prosecution service have joined forces to specially train more than 350 prosecutors to assist them in building successful cases for piracy and counterfeiting.read more
Who owns the IP of a tattoo?
The release of the Warner Bros film Hangover 2 may be delayed after S.Victor Whitmill, a tattoo artist filed a motion in Federal District Court in St Louis over what he deemed ‘reckless copyright infringement’ of the use of his ‘tribal tattoo’. read more
Chilean message of hope, copyright of miner
The miner who wrote the message of hope confirming the trapped miners were alive has been awarded the copyright to the message.read more