The Copykat.

The decade-long legal struggle over Google’s endeavour to exercise a digital library of millions of books is in conclusion over ... the Supreme Court has declined to listen a challenge from authors who had argued that the tech giant’s projection was ‘brazen violation of copyright law’ — effectively ending the legal battle inward Google’s favour. Without the Supreme Court taking upwards the case, a federal appeals courtroom ruling from October, which works life that the book-scanning programme roughshod nether the umbrella of fair use, volition stand.” More here

Getty Images has filed a formal antitrust electrical charge amongst the European Commission well-nigh Google ikon search. According to reports, Getty claims that high-resolution Google ikon search results, “scraped” from its customers’ sites, are “siphoning traffic in addition to profits from photographers.” Getty argues, because people tin consider high-quality versions of its photos inward ikon search results, consumers don’t take away to click through to publisher sites, in addition to traffic in addition to revenues are suffering accordingly.  Google in addition to Getty Images had been inward talks for exactly about fourth dimension over Getty’s concerns well-nigh high-resolution images inward Google ikon search. However, Getty says that Google ultimately told the companionship to “accept the novel ikon format or opt out of ikon search”. According to the Financial Times Getty said it felt coerced past times Google’s marketplace ability into participating. Something it clearly directly regrets doing. More here.

According to the IFPI's caput of anti-piracy, calling illegal downloading "piracy" has larn somewhat of a negative. The work is that the concept of piracy is, well, exactly also 'romantic' in addition to exciting. What's non to similar well-nigh Pirates of the Caribbean Area (well quite a lot BUT the franchise got Keef inward it). Graeme Grant is suggesting a elevate modify -  but tin merely changing the elevate of something actually modify the beast?

Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe, the UK's Minister for Intellectual Property, has confirmed that the British regime is leaning toward the thought of increasing the judgement for online piracy,  to convey it into describe amongst that for physical infringement: “Last twelvemonth the regime consulted on increasing the maximum term to 10 years. We received over a G responses, which have got played a pregnant business office inward helping to shape the discussion” she said.

Baidu, China’s largest search engine, has signed a formal understanding amongst the United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland concerning the platform's administration of intellectual belongings rights. There are no clear details of the novel Memorandum of Understanding well-nigh IP infringement, except that the signing was witnessed past times Dr Ros Lynch, Director of Copyright in addition to Enforcement at the United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland Intellectual Property Office, who is currently inward mainland People's Republic of China to promote UK-China copyright week, in addition to that also aid were Baidu president Ya-Qin Zhang in addition to Robin Li, Baidu’s co-founder, chairman in addition to CEO of Baidu. The MoU concerns ‘Copyright Protection Collaboration’. We await details inward the side past times side IPO mainland People's Republic of China newsletter! TechDirt has its ain persuasion here and to a greater extent than on MusicWeek here.