A big week for copyright in the courts

via Open Rights Group blog by Peter Bradwell

Last week copyright court rulings were like London buses. There were loads of them, but not ones that we really wanted. On Wednesday and Thursday there were three big decisions covering three very different issues. Lots to pick over for copyright geeks, law experts and anybody who cares about how the Internet is regulated. Here's a quick run down of what's going on.

1. The “Newzbin” judgement
2. NLA / Meltwater
3. The “Stormtrooper helmet” case

The light at the end of the tunnel is that if these rulings together are clouds over the current copyright debate, the silver lining is the government’s likely support for the findings of the Hargreaves Review of IP.

Read for yourself and get not only Peter Bradwell’s view of these cases but also links to the judgement documents from judiciary.gov.uk. Very useful.

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