Microsoft and Getty Images have settled a copyright dispute and agreed to work together to provide the digital media company’s images for the software giant’s products like Bing and Cortana.Getty had filed a complaint in September against the Bing Image Widget, launched in the previous month, which let publishers embed collages and slideshows of images from search results on their websites.In its copyright complaint against Microsoft in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Getty alleged that the “beautiful, configurable image galleries and slideshows” typically consist of copyrighted images, including images whose copyrights are owned or controlled by Getty.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Departure from the European Union will mean government has a policy choice to make for the future direction of copyright, says William Bowes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A woman who claimed she was defrauded out of her portion of royalties for the sale of Fifty Shades of Grey has settled with her former business partner. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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GitHub has published The state of the Octoverse 2016, a very interesting report that offers an insight into how its 14 million users leveraged the hugely popular repository this year. Among them is a list of organizations with the most open source contributors, most popular coding languages,... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A proposed reform of European Union copyright law grants online news publishers additional rights that could lead to the closure of services such as Google News if strictly enforced.Copyright law already provides reporters with protection for the news stories they publish, but in a draft... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Publishers Association has called on the government to keep European Union trade barriers to an “absolute minimum” and to encourage investment in the UK via stronger copyright rules during its Brexit negotiations. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the second time in eight years of contentious litigation, three academic publishers have appealed a key fair use decision involving the use of unlicensed digitized course readings on college campuses to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chinese instant messaging service Weixin has signed a “significant” agreement to better tackle copyright infringement with the China-British Business Council. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Calling for more feedback and input, the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) announces that merger considerations with W3C still are ongoing. CCC rolls out a new offering called RightFind CDS. The post International Publishing Notes: Copyright Clearance Center, IDPF, W3C appeared first... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge Orinda Evans has once again rejected the publisher plaintiffs’ bid for sweeping injunctive relief in the Georgia State University e-reserves case, and affirmed that the plaintiffs must also pay GSU's legal costs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small business owners are getting a new feature tailored just for them in Microsoft Office 365 -- a full-service system for scheduling appointments for their services over the internet.Microsoft Bookings is a new service that makes it possible for business owners to create their own scheduling... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small business owners are getting a new feature tailored just for them in Microsoft Office 365—a full-service system for scheduling appointments for their services over the internet. Microsoft Bookings is a new service that makes it possible for business owners to create their own scheduling... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bill seeks to help copyright owners who do not have the resources to pursue federal copyright claims. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hillary Clinton has come out in favour of US copyright reform, revealed by a campaign document announcing her "tech and innovation agenda". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Business has acquired world English rights to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s first book, 'Hit Refresh,' which is slated to hit shelves in fall 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With a major Canadian textbook publisher citing a drop from $1 million annually to $100,000, Canada's review of copyright changes may be welcome next year. The post More Copyright Fallout: Canadian Textbook Publishing Called ‘Not Sustainable’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With the unstoppable growth of chat apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and the like, emoji have become an incredible phenomenon. The Unicode Consortium is due to publish the Unicode 9.0 spec tomorrow, and it seems that objections from Apple and Microsoft means we're not going to see a... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft has launched an iOS version of its mobile design app, Sprightly, which helps small businesses design snazzy promotional materials without needing a PC or complicated tools.Sprightly helps people create flyers, e-cards, catalogs and price lists on their phones. Designs can then... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Germany's publishing industry reels from a Supreme Court ruling on copyright levies that could plunge some houses into bankruptcy, legal counsel to the Börsenverein tells us that a Constitutional Court challenge will be attempted. The post Dr. Jessica Sänger: Germany’s Börsenverein Will Back... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elsevier has sought to set aside public criticism of its Open Access (OA) and pricing policies and to restate its value for the academy, emphasising how, as a profit-generating company, it has the means to invest in innovation to serve researchers’ fast-changing needs. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The request comes after GSU defeated a publisher lawsuit over the university’s use of digitized e-reserves for a second time last month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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