Tag: Copyright
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TheLiberal.ie: Copyright infringements and Sock Puppets
This article first appeared in Village magazine, April 2017 edition Ardee District Court was delayed. The courtroom was packed, as it often is on a Monday morning after a busy weekend, with fresh arrests to be processed. Solicitors shuffled papers, Guards gathered in twos and threes in quiet conversations, and towards the back, concerned families…
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Copyright Reform: A pyrrhic victory for old media
An edited version of this article first appeared in Village magazine, October 2016 edition Outline proposals for a modernised Irish copyright regime announced by enterprise minister Mary Mitchell-O’Connor at the beginning of August are now dead in the water, following the publication of draft directives by the European Commission in mid-September. The European plans, championed…
