Archives for July 2009
Copyright Exceptions for the Visually or Aurally Impaired
The CDPA 1988 provides a number of exceptions against copyright infringement in the UK to facilitate the availability of accessible works to persons who are visually or aurally impaired. Section 31A allows a visually impaired person to make an accessible… continue reading »
Network Operators in Oman Oppose Sim Locking
In May 2009, the TRA issued a issued a public consultation on the regulatory position on mobile sim locking. The current position in Oman is that sim locking practices are not allowed. The TRA issued a paper asking the public’s… continue reading »
Educational Exceptions for Copyright Infringement
(Photo credits: Thomas Favre-Bulle) There are a number of exceptions for copyright in the UK under the CDPA 1988, these defences vary in scope and have different requirements. Copying for the purpose of instruction and examination Section 32(1) provides a… continue reading »
Incidental Inclusion of Copyright Works
Section 31(1) of CPDA in the UK provides an exception for copyright infringement when a copyright work is incidentally included in the work of another. This exception is necessary for photographers, film makers, painters, and the like, when creating works… continue reading »
Fair Dealing Exceptions in UK Copyright Law
(Photo credits: PunkJr) Fair dealing is one of the permitted uses in UK Copyright Law that allow a person to carry out certain acts that would have otherwise been considered as an infringement if it wasn’t for the exceptions of… continue reading »
Copyright Exceptions in Oman
The exceptions to copyright vary from one country to another. In Oman, the permitted uses of copyright works are expressed in Chapter 5 of Royal Decree 65/2008. First of all, unlike the USA, and more like the UK, there is… continue reading »
Copyright Exceptions
Just the same way the grant of copyright is justified as a form of reward, incentive, and a natural right of those who create original works. The public has the right for a number of different copyright exceptions which allow… continue reading »
What is DRM?
(Photo credits: Darwin Bell) DRM (Digital Rights Management) is wide term used to indetinfy a number of technologies used by copyright content owners to restrict the way their works are accessed and copied by consumers. This allows content owner to… continue reading »