Industry Report: Copyright and legal issue of the audiovisual sector
by Cineuropa
29/02/2012 - Articles, interviews, news, analysis concerning Copyright, intellectual property law and legal issue of the audiovisual sector.
MegaUpload's closure boosts movie rentals and sales
A new study shows that in the months following the takedown of Kim DotCom's cyberlocker, online movie revenue increased by 6 percent to 10 percent.
Music, movie industry to warn copyright infringers
Internet users who illegally share music, movies or TV shows online may soon get warning notices from their service providers that they are violating copyright law.
Australia: Quest for better balance in copyright law
Advocates for copyright reform converge at an Australian Digital Alliance copyright forum on March 1 to battle out the need for, or the reason not to, reform national copyright laws.
Answers to Internet Piracy
The European Audiovisual Observatory has just released its latest IRIS plus report "Answers to Internet Piracy" which offers a brand new analysis of the what is being done to combat piracy in Europe, with a special focus on Russia
New move to protect film copyright
China has stepped up its efforts to fight widespread film piracy by charging Internet cafes, long-distance buses and other distributors for screening Chinese movies, starting next year.
Legal Review of International Co-production Contracts
Stéphane Lieser, Barrister in Paris, presented the main legal issues about co-productions. He detailed the key items to keep in mind when drafting co-production contracts: "Co-productions are difficult in any way. Producers should try to spend as much time as they can with their co-producers to understand what they mean."
Legal Review on Digital Rights
Robert Blamires presented some definitions of the new media rights in the context of digital exploitation on the web, mobile, TV, IPTV, on-demand services.
An Introduction to Music Rights for Film and Television Production
The European Audiovisual Observatory chose to mark the 100th anniversary of film music by publishing a new IRIS Plus report focusing on the basic issues concerning music rights for producers of music works, film composers and musicians.
Piracy and Audiovisual Criminality: copies are ruining the market
Here are the themes discussed during the seminary on the copyright forms between analogic and digital content. This event took place on 30 October 2008, at the Teatro Studio dell’Auditorium Parco della Musica, in Rome. Organised with the help of the SIAE, the event was the third and last meeting during the Rome International Film Festival.
British government to tackle online piracy
The UK government has taken its first concrete steps to curb rampant online film piracy as set out in a wide reaching interim report with film industry benefits titled Digital Britain, produced by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. Under the terms of the report, future legislation will ensure that Internet service providers will have to warn their subscribers who are downloading film content illegally that they are...
