Volume: 14 Issue: 6
(June 2012)
Keywords:
copyright
online
copyright
moving
image
analysis
online
copyright
complex
especially
dealing
audio
visual
content
sharing
broadcast
television
films
involves
creation
Online copyright is complex, especially when dealing with audio visual content, as the sharing of both broadcast television and films, involves the creation of temporary copies on internet servers. The exact details pertaining to the EU wide directive which protects those works communicated via the internet are only just being clarified following a number of court cases. Lorna Brazell, a Partner at Bird & Bird LLP, discusses the most prominent cases, namely TV Catch-up, and the ambiguities surrounding online copyright infringement.