Bittorrent remains the most popular protocol to access unlicensed content, but streaming/download link sites for cyberlockers are also very popular, as are illegal IPTV subscriptions with Video-On-Demand (VoD) for audiovisual content, according to the Annual Report 2021 from Dutch anti-piracy organisation BREIN Foundation.

The BREIN Foundation provides collective protection for copyright and neighboring rights on behalf creators, performers and the creative industry — producers, publishers, ...

Canada is planning to introduce a resale right (ARR) for visual artists that would see them benefit from the proceeds of a resale of their works through auction houses or galleries.

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez have announced that they will include the ARR as part of the copyright reform that the country is undertaking. The ARR would apply for the duration of the copyright of the works, according to a report from The Canadian Press.

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The US Copyright Office has determined that the deferred registration examination (DRE) system —whereby the examination of a registration claim by the Office may be deferred until requested by the applicant — should not be pursued and that other alternative options should be favoured.

The recommendation from Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter follows a Copyright Office public study on the feasibility, benefits, and costs of creating a new option for copyright registration where examinat...