[cma-l] Copyright and linking websites

[Jaqui Devereux]

Copyright Infringement

The EU's highest court this week ruled that one website can link to another
without fearing a copyright lawsuit. More *HERE
<http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=147847&pageIndex=0&doclang=en&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=70191>*@Europa.eu
and *HERE
<http://gigaom.com/2014/02/13/sanity-prevails-europe-says-hyperlinks-dont-infringe-copyright/>*@Gigaom.



The European Commission have released a report *HERE
<http://ec.europa.eu/culture/media/media-content/documents/audiovisual-audience-report.pdf>*@Europa.eu
entitled "A profile of current and future audiovisual audience"
which includes in insightful look at copyright infringements in the EU. An
interesting analysis can be found *HERE
<http://gigaom.com/2014/02/12/thats-a-lot-of-pirating-68-of-europeans-download-or-stream-movies-for-free/>*@Gigaom.


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Jaqui Devereux
Director
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