German Court Sets Copyright Tax on New PCs

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German Man Claims to Hold @ Copyright

German Man Claims to Hold @ Copyright 08/19/2004 03:14 PM
theWHIR Aug 19 2004 6:56PM GMT

German IT agency sets record straight on
IE

German IT agency sets record straight on
IE 09/16/2004 09:20 AM
In response to the growing number of viruses infecting computers, a spokesman for Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has suggested that users consider alternatives to Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser. But the agency did not recommend that users steer clear of Microsoft products, the spokesman said, refuting a press release issued Tuesday by browser developer Opera Software ASA.

German copyright protection group
delivers pirates to police

German copyright protection group
delivers pirates to police 09/20/2004 08:57 AM
Computer Weekly Sep 20 2004 12:42PM GMT

German IT agency sets record straight on
Explorer

German IT agency sets record straight on
Explorer 09/16/2004 04:58 PM
A spokesman for Germany's Federal Office for Information Security has said users should consider alternatives to Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser, but it didn't recommend that they steer clear of Microsoft products.

Copyright Office sets Webcasting royalty
rates

Copyright Office sets Webcasting royalty
rates 02/12/2004 04:55 PM
CNET Feb 12 2004 9:47PM GMT

German Court Says GPL is Valid

German Court Says GPL is Valid 07/23/2004 01:05 PM

German court ruled GPL valid

German court ruled GPL valid 07/27/2004 02:02 AM

Australian Supreme Court Looks At
Copyright Law

Australian Supreme Court Looks At
Copyright Law 09/14/2004 12:29 PM
The Supreme Court in Australia is now taking a look at their version of the DMCA to see if people have the right to modify hardware they've bought or to make backup copies of digital media they purchased. In the old, pre-digital world, when you bought a product, it was yours to do whatever you wanted with it. However, thanks to recent law changes, any product that involves a digital component seems much closer to a rental agreement, where the company that "sold" you the product retains some sort of rights. For obvious reasons, many people think this is unfair. In this particular case, Sony went after a mod-chip trader, claiming that the mod-chips he offered for the Playstation violated copyright law by letting users play copied games, thereby violating anti-circumvention rules in Australian law. It really becomes a question of whether or not certain companies have the right to have their business models protected by regulations, rather than forcing them to keep up with the changing marketplace.

German court to examine Lufthansa attack

German court to examine Lufthansa attack 04/01/2005 03:51 AM
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German woman in court for laughing
(Reuters)

German woman in court for laughing
(Reuters) 04/27/2004 06:07 AM
Reuters - A German took his female neighbour to court for laughing too loudly. But she had the last laugh -- the judge threw out the case, saying Germany could not ban laughter, newspapers report.

German Court Nixes Lawsuit Against
Google (AP)

German Court Nixes Lawsuit Against
Google (AP) 09/21/2004 08:23 AM
AP - A state court in Hamburg on Tuesday rejected a German company's lawsuit against Google Inc. over allegations the Internet search engine allows rival companies to buy ads using trademarked terms, an attorney said Tuesday.

German Court Nixess Lawsuit Against
Google

German Court Nixess Lawsuit Against
Google 09/21/2004 08:14 AM
Forbes Sep 21 2004 12:36PM GMT

German court upholds Web ban on Nazi
content

German court upholds Web ban on Nazi
content 12/22/2004 12:59 AM
The administrative court in Arnsberg, Germany, has ruled that local officials have the right to block foreign-hosted Web sites containing extremist content.

German court adds royality levy to PCs

German court adds royality levy to PCs 01/03/2005 10:04 AM
Pocket-lint.co.uk Jan 3 2005 1:51PM GMT

Google Lawsuit Thrown Out of German
Court

Google Lawsuit Thrown Out of German
Court 09/21/2004 04:26 PM
Search Engine Journal Sep 21 2004 8:08PM GMT

German Court Nixes Lawsuit Against
Google

German Court Nixes Lawsuit Against
Google 09/21/2004 08:14 AM
AP via ABCNEWS.com Sep 21 2004 12:58PM GMT

Court ruling questions SCO copyright
claims

Court ruling questions SCO copyright
claims 06/11/2004 06:01 PM
SAN FRANCISCO - The question of whether or not The SCO Group Inc. actually owns the copyright to the Unix System V operating system is still up for debate, according to a U.S. District Court ruling issued Wednesday.

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Court Rules Against Photographers in
Copyright Suit

Court Rules Against Photographers in
Copyright Suit 12/26/2003 08:53 AM

Court Case Could Rewrite Copyright Rules

Court Case Could Rewrite Copyright Rules 03/29/2005 02:57 PM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster: "The Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday and will issue a decision before July. How the justices rule could redefine how consumers can watch television shows and films and listen to songs that increasingly are delivered in digital formats. "

German court fines man for slamming door
(Reuters)

German court fines man for slamming door
(Reuters) 01/06/2005 11:30 AM
Reuters - A German man, angered by a court decision, was left even more out of pocket when a judge gave him an extra fine for storming out of the court and slamming the door hard, authorities say.

German Court Upholds Shopping-Hour Rules
(AP)

German Court Upholds Shopping-Hour Rules
(AP) 06/09/2004 04:34 AM
AP - Germany's highest court on Wednesday upheld the government's right to dictate store closing hours, ruling a federal law preventing retailers from opening on Sundays and holidays is constitutional.

German Court Orders New Trial for 9/11
Suspect (washingtonpost.com)

German Court Orders New Trial for 9/11
Suspect (washingtonpost.com) 03/06/2004 02:06 AM
washingtonpost.com - BERLIN, March 4 -- A German appeals court on Thursday ordered a new trial for the only person to be convicted for a role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, saying the proceeding had been compromised by a U.S. refusal to provide access to a key witness.

Update 1: German Court Nixes Lawsuit
Against Google

Update 1: German Court Nixes Lawsuit
Against Google 09/21/2004 08:14 AM
Forbes Sep 21 2004 12:35PM GMT

EU court sets Microsoft hearing

EU court sets Microsoft hearing 07/28/2004 12:47 PM
Microsoft Corp will face off against the European Commission on Sept 30 in a European Union court in Luxembourg, seeking a suspension of sanctions against it for several years, the court announced on Tuesday.

US Supreme Court upholds long copyright
terms

US Supreme Court upholds long copyright
terms 03/13/2003 10:16 AM

The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of retaining the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act ( CTEA ). The CTEA extended the lifetime of copyrights to 95 years past the moment of publication. According to the majority opinion in the 7-2 ruling, Congress acted within Constitutional bounds five years ago, when it added to preexisting terms for copyright ownership. Dissents from Justices Breyer and Stevens argued that the law's practical effects were deleterious to public culture.

The decision represents the end of one battle in the copyright struggles. It stands as a victory for several intellectual property (IP) holders' groups, such as the RIAA and MPAA , perhaps signalling an era of effectively perpetual copyright . It's a defeat for litigants and supporters like Web publisher of public domain works Tim Eldred , and Stanford cyberlaw professor Lawrence Lessig .


For students and educators, the fallout is complex, although the decision changes no law. As consumers of intellectual property, we must continue to be vigilant about seeking permission for IP that has not yet fallen into the public domain. As IP producers, we continue to retain ownership for nearly a century.

US Supreme Court to consider major
copyright and technology case

US Supreme Court to consider major
copyright and technology case 12/17/2004 06:30 PM

The United States Supreme Court agreed to consider a high profile case involving the internet and copyright infringement. The question, which has been subject to numerous lower court rulings, concerns whether or not the creators of peer-to-peer software can be held liable for users' copyright infrigement. The companies cite the 1984 " Betamax case ," which immunized VCR makers from copyright charges. The intellectual property holder side of the case charges the software companies with knowing full well the uses to which their applications have been put.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster Ltd involves a large group of players:

The large group of plaintiffs includes the Motion Picture Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America, Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc. and a class of 27,000 music publishers and songwriters. The Supreme Court will hear the case in March and is expected to decide it by late June.

German court throws out 'Adwords abuse'
suit against Google

German court throws out 'Adwords abuse'
suit against Google 09/24/2004 05:15 AM
DMeurope.com Sep 24 2004 9:52AM GMT

German court slaps naked jogger with
fine (Reuters)

German court slaps naked jogger with
fine (Reuters) 07/02/2004 12:59 PM
Reuters - A German sex therapist who enjoys jogging naked through the Black Forest has lost a legal challenge against a 600-euro fine for his hobby.

Court sets new deadline in Sharman case

Court sets new deadline in Sharman case 05/14/2004 03:35 AM
ZDNet Australia May 14 2004 7:16AM GMT

Court sets up landmark data website

Court sets up landmark data website 08/05/2004 05:29 AM
Content.sina.com - Thu Aug 5, 08:46 am GMT

EU court sets date for Microsoft appeal

EU court sets date for Microsoft appeal 07/27/2004 07:44 AM
Servihoo.com Jul 27 2004 12:04PM GMT

Court sets date for Microsoft meeting

Court sets date for Microsoft meeting 07/06/2004 01:41 PM
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Jul 6 2004 5:11PM GMT

EU court sets date for Microsoft appeal
(AFP)

EU court sets date for Microsoft appeal
(AFP) 07/27/2004 07:25 AM
AFP - The European Court of Justice will begin hearings on an appeal by Microsoft against an EU anti-trust ruling at the end of September, the top EU court said.

U.S. Appeals Court Sets Aside Federal
Marijuana Law

U.S. Appeals Court Sets Aside Federal
Marijuana Law 12/16/2003 11:11 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 16 2003 10:31PM ET

Supreme Court Justices Grill Both Sides
at Copyright Hearing

Supreme Court Justices Grill Both Sides
at Copyright Hearing 03/31/2005 12:15 AM
Electronic Frontier Foundations Mar 31 2005 4:09AM GMT

Canadian Court Says File Sharers Not
Guilty of Copyright Infringement

Canadian Court Says File Sharers Not
Guilty of Copyright Infringement 04/09/2004 04:06 PM
"In other words, just putting files in a computer directory that other people can access is insufficient an action to constitute illegal distribution - at least under Canadian law."

EU court sets 'informal' meeting on MS
antitrust for July 27

EU court sets 'informal' meeting on MS
antitrust for July 27 07/07/2004 09:49 AM
The president of the European Court of First Instance (CFI), Bo Vesterdorf, has called on officials from Microsoft Corp. and the European Commission, as well as other interested parties, to attend an informal meeting on July 27, a spokesman for the Luxembourg court said Wednesday.

US Supreme Court to hear crucial digital
copyright case this week

US Supreme Court to hear crucial digital
copyright case this week 03/29/2005 02:30 AM

The Supreme Court of the United States is scheduled to hear arguments this week in a high profile digital copyright case. In MGM Studios v. Grokster a group of movie studios sued Grokster , a popular peer-to-peer file-trading program, arguing that the software enabled enormous infringements of the studios' intellectual property . Last year a federal circuit court ruled in favor of Grokster; the case has proceeded on appeal.

Supporters of Grokster, such as Electronic Frontier Foundation , argue that such file-sharing tools should be considered in the light of the 1984 "Betamax case" , where the Supreme Court ruled that users, not devices, should be held liable for copyright offenses. Other defenders, such as The Economist , believe that a ruling against Grokster could stifle innovation . Allies of MGM argue that file-sharing applications, unlike VCRs, are primarily about copyright infringement. Moreover, they argue that the owners and maintainers of such software are fully aware of that propensity for infringement.

The court's ruling could have enormous ramifications for the internet.

U.S. Sets Public Baghdad Court Martial
in Abuse Case

U.S. Sets Public Baghdad Court Martial
in Abuse Case 05/09/2004 12:51 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 9 2004 4:41PM GMT
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