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Copyrightuser.org Updated to Reflect Changes in UK Copyright Law

Copyrightuser.org – a co-production between CIPPM Bournemouth University and CREATe, University of Glasgow – has been updated in light of the changes to UK copyright law made on 1 June 2014. Learning from the difficulties encountered by other initiatives in the field of copyright education, the Copyright User project aims at keeping up with the evolving copyright landscape. Copyrightuser.org offers… Read more » about Copyrightuser.org Updated to Reflect Changes in UK Copyright Law

Online protest: towards a Magna Carta for the Internet

CIPPM’s Argyro Karanasiou presented her paper Towards a Magna Carta : A right to online protests? at the 10th International conference on Internet, Law and Politics 2014. The paper discusses the free speech argument for treating DDoS attacks online as the digital counterpart of an online sit in. The paper examines the changing face of… Read more » about Online protest: towards a Magna Carta for the Internet

Ruth Towse on the Digital Copyright Exchange

Could technology override economics in the case of the Digital Copyright Exchange? Economic analysis of collective rights administration has so far strongly supported the natural monopoly case for single national collecting societies for particular bundles of rights protected by territorially based copyright law and the courts have gone along with that view. Digitization in the… Read more » about Ruth Towse on the Digital Copyright Exchange

Eat Dorset: Great food for the greater good

Bournemouth and Poole have been selected as one of six cities in the UK Sustainable Food Cities Programme. This interactive session looked at consumer attitudes to sustainability, local and regional food and drink and legal protection of local food. The event included presentations by a team of academics and by local producers as well as tasting opportunities. Festival of learning, Monday… Read more » about Eat Dorset: Great food for the greater good

CIPPM visit to China: opening opportunities for IP research and education

China has during the past five year experienced explosive development in the Intellectual Property field. The country has implemented its national IP strategy  and its application volume of trade mark, patent and design has ranked NO. 1 in the world for the past four continuous years. The country thus presents a gold mine for IP… Read more » about CIPPM visit to China: opening opportunities for IP research and education