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News agency trade association boss calls for boycott of Independent over ‘no copyright in news’ stance on court story

The chairman of the National Association of Press Agencies has said that freelance journalists should boycott the independent after a…

By Dominic Ponsford

‘David and Goliath’ legal battle sees Rochdale Online win payout from Manchester Evening News over Danczuk expenses story

A local news website has won a legal payout from the Manchester Evening News over using one of its stories…

By Dominic Ponsford

MEPs back change in copyright law which news publishers say will help them take on Google

Members of the European Parliament have voted in favour of a change to copyright law that publishers say will help…

By Dominic Ponsford

Independent declines to pay for court story ‘lifted’ from Wales Online telling freelance: ‘There is no copyright in news’

The Independent has declined to pay a freelance journalist for a court report it “lifted” from Wales Online telling him…

By Dominic Ponsford

Social media copyright lessons for journalists from the Khloe Kardashian case

Carolyn Pepper, partner at Reed Smith, and trainee solicitor Roch Glowacki, on the copyright pitfalls and opportunities of online and social…

By Carolyn Pepper

European publishers welcome EU copyright proposals which could force Google to pay for news content

News publishers have broadly welcome proposed changes to EU copyright law which would stop search engines such as Google from…

By Dominic Ponsford

Drone photographer challenges Alamy and Express over use of aerial school fire image

A freelance photographer plans to take picture agency Alamy and the Daily Express to court in a payment dispute over his striking…

By Freddy Mayhew

50 attempts – and counting – to register ‘Je suis Charlie’ as a trademark

There's a saying that one man's tragedy is another man's treasure. And here's the proof: so far the French authorities…

By Cleland Thom

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