Freelance claims victory in dispute with Independent over payment for court story lifted from Wales Online
A freelance journalist has won his battle to be paid a syndication fee by The Independent for a court story…
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Owner of Irish website The Liberal pays damages and issues apology for using court agency copy without paying
The owner of Irish news website The Liberal has been forced to apologise and pay damages for using court copy…
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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…
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‘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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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