Intellectual Property (IP) Minister, Lord Younger last week announced £150,000 of funding to create a one-stop-shop web site designed to make it easier for consumers to get information about rights ownership and copyright licences.
IP Tax Benefit Will Benefit Creativity
On Monday of next week a new tax called Patent Box will come into force that will mean that firms with intellectual property (IP) that qualifies under the new rules will be able to reduce their corporation tax bill.
Live Internet TV In Copyright Row
Earlier this month a judgement by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decreed that websites which retransmit live TV over the Internet without permission from broadcasters are in breach of copyright.
Music Pirated More Than Anything Else
Ofcom’s latest report tracking online copyright infringement shows that during the third quarter of 2012 music was pirated in illegal file-sharing in far higher volumes than TV, film, video games, software and e-books combined.
ISPs Ordered To Block Subscribers
Following a case brought by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the High Court has ordered that six major internet service providers (ISPs) must block their subscribers from accessing three file-sharing websites.