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Film Makers Beware! Law Relating to Joint Ownership of Copyright.

  A recent judgment reminded us why it is important for creatives not to work on a handshake agreement, or worse, no agreement at all. Surprisingly film copyright has received relatively little judicial scrutiny. In Stephen Slater v Per Wimmer [2012] EWPCC 7, 16 February 2012 the Patents County Court has held that the parties [...]

SOPA. PUT THE LIGHT OUT!

Next week one of the most controversial debates of the technological world will ensue in the U.S senate regarding the freedom of the largest public domain in the world, the internet. Today Wikipedia blacked out the light of knowledge to protest against the Stop Piracy Online Act (Stop Online Piracy Act) and Protect IP Act [...]