The World Trade Organisation (WTO) last year declared the loophole in breach of international copyright law.
Amazon KDP publishers are supposed to be in the US and bound by US copyright law.
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Both sets of plaintiffs claim that the library component of the project violates copyright law.
On Wednesday, a Canadian judge ruled, in effect, that file-sharing was legal under Canadian copyright law.
And all this copying is completely legal, because copyright law doesn't cover apparel design.
The case went to the Supreme Court which ruled that cable was not infringing copyright law.
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As promised, let's talk about the Library of Congress and walk through some copyright law...
But copyright law was never meant to allow such rights to be restricted indefinitely.
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Here's a small bit of copyright law you need to know to understand the issue.
Omega points to another clause in the copyright law that seems to say exactly that, however.
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Yet proponents question whether copyright law alone can adapt with the evolution of technology.
And software is already covered under copyright law, which offers extensive legal protections against wholesale copying.
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Fisher also nabbed www.budweiser.com and www.guinness.com, though he knew copyright law would catch up with him.
U.S. copyright law makes it illegal to sell edited versions of Hollywood films.
Generally speaking, copyright law protects forms of art, but not items that are predominantly functional, like shirts and pants.
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The law removes certain works from the realm of First Amendment free speech, but all copyright law does that.
Copyright infringement is a serious matter that violates U.S. copyright law and subjects infringers to criminal and civil liability.
The answer lies in the complicated legalities behind copyright law and new media.
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Apple uses copyright law to shut down unauthorized clones of its hardware products.
Antigua is seeking permission to run a website that sells music, movies and software - but ignores copyright law.
Lessig is also the author of canonical and subversive books on subjects as diverse as the Internet and copyright law.
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In the immediate term, however, the question is how to handle Kirtsaeng in the context of current American copyright law.
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If copyright law encourages more quality content, by rewarding the creators through protecting their investment, then BitTorrent should be shut down.
But last fall, the Library of Congress decided that cellphones should no longer be exempted from a section of copyright law.
At the core of the opposition are groups like mine (and many others) who are experts in copyright law, legislation and activism.
In the same case, the Supreme Court said that recording free over-the-air television is perfectly legal and does not violate copyright law.
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Copyright law protects the expression of ideas but not the ideas themselves.
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Copyright law already applies to search engines republished copyrighted material they scrape.
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This right is subject to certain limitations found in sections 107 through 118 of the copyright law (title 17, U. S. Code).
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They serve as functional items, not as forms of art, making it a lot harder to obtain a copyright law to protect them.
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