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Australian Competition Regulator Fires Warning Shots at Google
A draft report from Australia’s competition regulator (ACCC) into the market power of digital search engines, social media platforms, and digital content aggregators has been published. The ACCC makes a number of policy
Barcelona sunshine - web licensing seminar
CEDRO and Catalunya laid on a late autumn treat in late November with a well attended seminar on web licensing and some stunning weather. Many PDLN European members are preparing for the new EU DSM directive which
New Zealand - UK Partnership Announced
NLA licensees will now be able to copy most New Zealand newspapers under the terms of their NLA licences, following an agreement reached between NLA media access and PMCA, New Zealand’s newspaper licensing agency. NLA and PMCA are PDLN members, making this one of many licensing advances PDLN has helped create.
Copyright Agency takes on Universities Australia
PDLN member the Copyright Agency has lodged an action in the Copyright Tribunal to determine the value of the copyright licence Australian universities rely on to copy and share extensive amounts of educational content. The
Canadian Exclusives worry market
Following Cision's acquisition of French language specialist aggregator CEDROM and Meltwater's purchase of its competitor Informart, Cision have signed an excusive agreement with Globe and Mail. Smaller MMOs are anxious
Cordoba ruling welcomed
A welcome new judgement ECJ on the Cordoba case makes the rules on whether the audience is a 'new public' simple and clear. In short you need the copyright owners consent in all cases. They say "the posting of a work