Copywriting - Archives

• New group forms to protect software copyrights
  Concerned about the increasing problem of software piracy, a group of embroidery software and design manufacturers has formed the Embroidery Software Protection Coalition under the aegis of the Home Sewing Association. The HSA is a not-for-profit trade organization representing suppliers and retailers in the sewing industry.
  Author: Mary Rodgers - Date: April 7, 2004



• Copyright Office will replace paper-based case management systems with Siebel CRM implementation
  Siebel Systems, Inc., a leading provider of business applications software, today announced that the U.S. Copyright Office is utilizing Siebel Public Sector's case management and logistics capabilities to streamline its current paper-based operation and integrate information from multiple legacy IT systems to improve business processes.
  Author: Mary Rodgers - Date: April 7, 2004



• Court upholds $20 million jury verdict for willful copyright infringement
  The federal district court in Baltimore yesterday upheld one of the highest copyright infringement verdicts in history, a vigorously contested jury verdict of almost $20 million on behalf of Wiley Rein & Fielding client, Lowry's Reports, Inc. The court also imposed a permanent injunction. WRF partner Thomas W. Kirby, and associates Scott E. Bain and Chin Yoo, represented Lowry’s Reports.
  Author: Grace Milden - Date: April 7, 2004



• Exceptions to copyright protection should not unreasonably influence commercial exploitation of works
  "The amendment must ensure that the exceptions to copyright protection do not unreasonably encroach on the commercial exploitation of works", commented Gerd Gebhardt, Chairman of the German Phono Associations. "The criterion is the three-stage test already contained in the EU Directive. It should therefore be incorporated into the Copyright Act."
  Author: Grace Milden - Date: April 7, 2004



• First enforcement action under Mexico's new, stricter copyright law
  Earlier this month, Mexico's Federal Attorney General's Office carried out the first raid in search of unlicensed software under new, stricter laws prohibiting the reproduction of software and other acts of piracy. This action represents the first criminal software enforcement action since Mexico's Penal Code was modified on May 17, 1999, representing a substantial toughening of criminal copyright enforcement.
  Author: Grace Milden - Date: April 7, 2004



• Futher breakthrough for digital copyright technology in the Flemish Publishing World
  Info2clear, which protects digital publications against illegal reproduction via its European Internet Copyright Clearance House, today announced that it has concluded a partnership with the ‘Vlaamse Uitgeversmaatschappij’ for the daily newspaper ‘De Standaard’. Beginning of April, all rights for publications on De Standaard Online will be registered and can be obtained via the copyright infrastructure of Info2clear. This infrastructure has already been successfully implemented at ‘Uitgeversbedrijf Tijd’ and ‘The Copenhagen Post Online’.
  Author: Bruce Langdon - Date: April 7, 2004



• Register of Copyrights announces appointment of Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs
  The Register of Copyrights is pleased to announce the appointment of Jule L. Sigall to the position of Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs, effective Feb. 10.
  Author: Grace Milley - Date: April 6, 2004



• Valenti testifies piracy threathens to destroy movie industry and U.S. economy
  In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, Jack Valenti, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association, testified that "the potential undoing of America’s greatest export trade prize… is the theft of movies in both the analog and digital formats.
  Author: Grace Milley - Date: April 5, 2004