‘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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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…
By50 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…
ByChange in copyright law may make it even harder for journalists to protect their news content
A change in copyright law could make media websites even more vulnerable to having their content ripped off. Quotes can…
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