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Copyright and innovation in the digital age: the United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
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Written by Professor Brian Fitzgerald and Mr Rami Olwan
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Thursday, 07 May 2009 04:31 |
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Introduction Over the last ten years we have seen enormous change in the way we construct process and disseminate information for the purposes such as education, research, business, governance and social dialogue. It is now possible to communicate a story, message or image in the blink of an eye to a worldwide audience at very little cost. This capacity has been extended in recent times by the development of broadband networks that allow rich text audio and visual material to be communicated at rapid speeds and third generation mobile technologies that allow communication from any location.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 May 2009 04:44 )
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The legality of free and open source software licences: the case of Jacobsen v. Katzer |
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Saturday, 18 October 2008 11:21 |
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Abstract In August 2008 one of, if not the most, influential Intellectual Property courts in the USA known as the Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit upheld the validity of a free and open source software licence known as the Artistic Licence. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 20 October 2008 06:26 )
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Creative Commons licenses and the music industry |
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Written by admin
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Thursday, 10 July 2008 09:40 |
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The music industry has been facing many problems lately especially those related to digital technology and the internet.
Lawrence Lessig, a leading scholar in cyberspace law argues that copyright law needs to be adaptive to the current situation. His provocative ideas have found application with the establishment of the creative commons organization.
The paper tries to give a better understanding of the creative commons movement and its relevance to the music industry. The paper will give an introduction to creative commons organizations, and the different licenses it offers especially those related to music. The main purpose of the research is to asses to what extent creative commons model offers better solutions and opportunities situated to the needs of the music industry. I will conclude the paper by providing my own assessment of the model and the movement in general. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 February 2009 12:35 )
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Is the DMCA going far in protecting technological measures? |
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Written by admin
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Thursday, 10 July 2008 09:22 |
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Technology plays an important role in our daily lives. Every day our life, education and business are based on the use and advancement of technology. We can not now live normally and complete our work without seeking the assistance of technology. Laws tried from early time to cope up with technology, and for that purpose many rules have been put in place to deal with the legal issues posed by the use of technology.... |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 February 2009 12:36 )
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Thursday, 10 July 2008 07:36 |
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I wrote in this research paper about the fair dealing defence in the U.K Copyright, Design and Patent Act of 1988. The research paper includes an introduction to the fair dealing defence, its history, and how it was introduced for the first time in the UK. I explored the statue section 29-30 of the act. I have also looked at the cases brought in front of the English courts in relation to the fair dealing defence and I compared that to the situation in U.S. I concluded my research paper by saying that the approach adopted in the U.S. is far more developed than that of the U.K. since the act does not assist the judges in determining whether the use of the copyrighted work is fair or not. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 July 2008 06:16 )
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