The iconic Aboriginal Flag has been made freely available for public use after negotiations between the Australian Government and artist Harold Thomas. On Tuesday, in a media release, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that copyright for the Aboriginal Flag had been transferred to the Commonwealth. “We’ve freed the Aboriginal Flag for Australians,” the Prime Minister said….
China’s Fairy Tale King Forced to Shelve His Pen, Battling for His Copyrights
Zheng Yuanjie, a household Chinese writer known as the “fairy tale king,” announced the cessation of his 36-year-serialized exclusive magazine from Jan. 1 in order to take time out to deal with copyright lawsuits against the misappropriation and infringement of his fairy tale character images. On Dec. 15, 2021, Zheng announced on Weibo, China’s Twitter,…
Commission Starts Legal Action Against 23 EU Countries Over Copyright Rules
BRUSSELS—France, Spain, Italy, and 20 other EU countries may be taken to court for their tardiness in enacting landmark EU copyright rules into national law, the European Commission said on Monday as it asked the group to explain the delays. The copyright rules, adopted two years ago, aim to ensure a level playing field between…
YouTube Wins User Copyright Fight in Top EU Court Ruling
LUXEMBOURG—Google’s YouTube won its latest copyright-infringement challenge after Europe’s top court said online platforms are not liable for users uploading unauthorised works unless the platforms failed to take quick action to remove or block access to the content. The case marks the latest development in a long-running battle between Europe’s $1 trillion creative industry and…
Conservative Election Campaign Ads Violated Copyright, CBC Says
TORONTO—The Conservative party’s use of CBC news footage in a partisan attack ad and tweets was a copyright infringement damaging to the public broadcaster’s integrity and impartiality, Federal Court heard Thursday. In submissions to the court, CBC lawyer Andrea Gonsalves said the federal Conservatives exploited the very qualities that make the CBC a trustworthy source…
Chinese Court Rules That Amazon’s Cloud Service Violated Copyright, Bans It From Using Logo
Amazon Connect Technology Services (Beijing) Co., a Chinese subsidiary of Amazon, was determined by a Beijing court to be held liable for trademark infringement over its use of the logo “AWS.” The court banned the e-commerce giant from using the logo in China. “AWS” refers to Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing service operated by…
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