Not only Russian copyright, broadcast and digital law
This report (de) summarises the outcome of the public consultation on the use of images of works, such as works of architecture or sculpture, made to be located permanently in public places (the ‘panorama exception’) which was conducted by the Commission together with a consultation on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain.
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In 2015, customs authorities made over 81.000 detentions, consisting of a total of 43.7 million articles. The domestic retail value of the detained articles represented over 640 million euros. This report contains statistical information about the detentions made under customs procedures and includes data on the description, quantities and value of the goods, their provenance, the means of transport and the type of intellectual property right that may have been infringed.
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Already published new US list of countries where piracy is still “alive”. What is interesting is this list? This is the first Notorious Markets review in which copyright stakeholders have nominated stream ripping sites for inclusion in the List.
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This report builds on the 2012 version by providing an update on the impact of IP on US economy and a fresh look at the approach used to measure those results. The update continues to focus on measuring the intensity of IP use, and its persistent relationship to economic indicators such as employment, wages, and value added.
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In this report Anti-Copying in Design (ACID) draw attention to the specific success of the design industry and the challenges designers now face in an active increasingly challenging enforcement environment. ACID claim design is the fastest growing sector within the burgeoning creative industries, in the 5 years between 2008 and 2013 the design sector grew by 34%. In the UK today 350,000 people are employed in the design industry.
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Despite there is no such legal definition as plagiarism in current Russian law, but in order to deprive someone’s scientific decree the fact of copyright infringement should be determined and proved in court under proposed rules. Only if the court decides that someone, who received academic decree, has infringed copyright by way of publishing of his scientific research, the scientific decree can be deprived.
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Joint Research Centre of the European Commission published working paper about Spotify, whether new streaming services better than permanent downloads and whether they can displace pirates. Many formulas and calculations but main question is not answered. Here is the some interesting things from paper.
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Austrian Institute for SME Research and VVA Europe has conducted this study on behalf of the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) of the European Commission. Here are some interesting things; all details are available in full report.
The European Union Intellectual property office has published report (de) presenting the results of the eighth sectorial study, covering the production of two products: spirits and wine. It is estimated that the legitimate industries loses approximately €1.3 billion of revenue annually due to the presence of counterfeit spirits and wine in the EU marketplace, corresponding to 3.3% of the sectors’ sales.
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The cultural and creative sectors are a driver of economic growth, job creation and external trade. That is why culture is becoming increasingly important at EU level. Eurostat compiles statistics on culture from several data collections conducted at EU level to provide policy-makers and other users with information on the main trends in employment, business, international trade, participation and consumption patterns in the field of culture. If you don’t want to read all this stuff (about 200 pages), you can just read the most interesting.
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