Tag: COPYRIGHT
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Buhari signs Copyright Act, Laboratory Institute bill into law
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to two Bills recently passed by the National Assembly. The bills are the Copyright Act 2022 and the Federal College of Medical Laboratory Science and Technology, Jos, Act. Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), Nasiru Baballe Ila, disclosed this in a statement and…
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Meghan Markle wins UK copyright claim over letter To Father
A British court on Wednesday upheld Meghan Markle’s copyright claim against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, over its publication of a letter to her father. The ruling by judge Mark Warby means the Duchess of Sussex, as Markle is formally known, has now won every part of her legal…
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Again, Twitter goes tough on Trump over copyright complaint
Twitter has on Saturday disabled a campaign-style video shared by US President Donald Trump, citing a copyright complaint. The video disappeared from the president’s Twitter feed with the notification: “This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner.” The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.…
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Google says EU new copyright directive is one step forward, two steps back
Google has said the European Union (EU) new copyright directive is one step forward and two steps back. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Google’s SVP of Global Affairs, Kent Walker made this known in a blog post on Sunday. European lawmakers recently agreed on a final text of a new copyright directive, and many voices, including consumer…
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Google warns EU against copyright reforms as compromise looms
Google has warned against planned EU copyright reforms that would make internet companies liable for infringements and require them to pay for publishing press snippets, amid signs that a compromise is emerging on the controversial measures. The overhaul, proposed by the European Union’s executive in 2016, aims to make EU copyright rules fit for the…
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Newly launched indigenous pay TV, TStv in copyright infringement scandal
…the letters are fake, meant to bias Nigerians – TStv The newly launched indigenous pay TV, TELCOMM SATELLITE TV, TStv have been accused of copyright infringement by some international content providers. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited and belN in a letter accused TStv of infringing their exclusive distribution rights to certain television…
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‘Nigeria needs a very strong law on intellectual property’-Afrobeat singer declares
Edaota Agbeniyi better known as “Edaoto’’, an Afrobeat singer, on Sunday said that government should amend the law on copyright so that it could curb piracy and other vices affecting artistes in the country. “Nigeria needs a very strong law on intellectual property to curtail piracy and other vices affecting artists. The existing ones…