A copyright collective cannot force York University to pay fees for the use of published works in the classroom, given that the school bowed out of a formal arrangement, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. Access Copyright administers reproduction rights for published works, collects royalties and distributes them to copyright holders.
Source: Copyright collective can’t force tariffs on university, Supreme Court rules
Adaptr was designed for startups that have raised less than $7.5 million and earned less than $4.5m in revenue. Under the terms of the new agreement, record labels, distributors, and other rightsholders within Merlin’s global membership can make their music available via Adaptr with immediate effect.
Source: Merlin inks licensing deal with B2B music platform Adaptr
With countries increasing their efforts to strengthen antitrust regulations on digital platforms, Google is under pressure to pay copyright fees to news organizations for using their content on its platform. Officials in the news industry here said Wednesday that this wave of change is also approaching within Korea, as demands are increasing for a measure to impose a fair levy on overseas IT behemoths.
Ten Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) choreographers are fighting to get recognition for their dance creations. The initiative is led by JaQuel Knight, who made history earlier this year by becoming the first choreographer to copyright his dance moves – for none other than Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It).”
Source: TikTok dance creators are fighting for the copyrights to their work
If the GDPR is any guide, and although it might take some time and litigation to set the bar of proportionality, Article 17 will have ripple effects for UGC platforms around the world – many of whom have a large presence in Europe and will need to comply, even if the United States does not take similar action.
Source: How Europe’s new copyright laws will change the creator economy
A bipartisan group of 22 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter Monday to Twitter chief Jack Dorsey, demanding the social network address “the ongoing problem of copyright infringement on Twitter and the platform’s apparent refusal to address it.” They requested a response to their inquiry by Aug. 27.
Source: Twitter Is Turning a Blind Eye to Music Copyright Infringement, Group of U.S. Reps Says
Source: Copyright law change would be ‘devastating’ to authors, UK Government told
Facebook has teamed up with French anti-piracy association ALPA up to protect content on its platforms from copyright infringement, the tech giant announced on Monday. As part of this partnership, Facebook will provide ALPA with its video rights identification and management tool known as Rights Manager – which enables it to automatically identify and block content that infringes intellectual property laws on Facebook and Instagram platforms.
Source: Facebook teams up with French anti-piracy association on copyright
France, Spain, Italy and 20 other EU countries may be taken to court for their tardiness in enacting landmark EU copyright rules into national law, the European Commission said on Monday as it asked the group to explain the delays. The Commission said it had sent letters of formal notice, the first step of its infringement proceedings, to the countries group asking for explanations. The deadline for enacting the EU rules was June 7.
Source: Commission starts legal action against 23 EU countries over copyright rules
Universal Music Group has signed a licensing deal with Singapore-based video sharing app and TikTok rival, Lomotif. As first reported by the Financial Times, UMG and Lomotif, which has been downloaded over 225 million times globally, have been negotiating a deal since 2016. Lomotif counts 31m MAUs (monthly active users) in 200 territories and 300m videos are being watched on its app each month.
Source: Universal Music Group inks licensing deal with TikTok rival Lomotif