Copyright

Yellow Belly beer faces discontinuation amid trademark dispute

04-Dec-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Yellow Belly, brewed by Buxton Brewery and Swedish company Omnipollo, may be discontinued amid a trademark dispute.

Four licensees ordered to pay £93,000 for Sky Sports copyright infringement

28-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

Following successful legal action by Sky, four licensees have been found to be infringing Sky's copyright by showing Sky Sports without having the required commercial agreements.

Licensees ordered to pay £30,000 for illegal sports broadcasts

14-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

Following legal action by Sky on 29 January, three licensees in Scotland have each been ordered to pay £10,000 in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming illegally at their premises.

License to play: Copyright law explained for pubs

06-Oct-2017 By Greg Pitcher

Copyright law is a complicated area, requiring landlords to have different licences for sport, TV programmes and films, as well as music

Licensee spends night in custody for breaching Sky copyright

12-May-2017 By Georgina Townshend

A licensee who showed Sky Sports illegally has spent the night in custody after failing to appear at court.

PPL issues draft consultation of first code of conduct

23-Aug-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Music royalties collection agency PPL has issued a draft consultation of its first ever code of conduct for licensees, asking for views on the way it sets and reviews tariffs, and how it handles complaints.

New technology could help pubs showing football via foreign satellite "avoid copyright infringement"

03-May-2012 By Adam Pescod

A system that replaces on-screen TV graphics and logos with adverts “might be the way of avoiding copyright” for licensees considering using foreign satellite systems to show football in their pubs.

Euroview suspend services after pub footy ruling

16-Feb-2012 By Adam Pescod

A major supplier of foreign satellite decoder cards and set-top boxes has suspended operations to “make changes to its service” following a recent High Court ruling on pub football broadcasts.

ECJ ruling leaves future open

13-Oct-2011 By Peter Coulson

I am put in mind of that horsey scrum at the beginning of the Grand National, when everyone is, in fact, jockeying for position before the tape goes up. Spotting your own horse in the chaos is extremely difficult, and he may have fallen down at the first...

Jamie all set to be a Brit hit

22-Jul-2011 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Union Jack's, Jamie Oliver's restaurant concept in waiting, will use only produce sourced from the UK. Speculation has indicated that Union Jack's...

Exclusive: BII signs £300,000 China deal

25-Jan-2011 By The PMA Team

The BII has signed a deal worth £300,000 to sell the intellectual property rights to its Induction Training certificate into China. Chief executive...

Pub jukebox scammers jailed

09-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore

A father and son who breached copyright law by selling illegal music systems to pubs and clubs have been jailed following a "landmark" legal case....

Rogue pub jukebox bosses jailed

09-Jul-2010 By John Harrington

Bosses of a digital jukebox firm that distributed copyrighted tunes without permission to at least 200 pubs have been jailed. Gateshead-based Access...

Rogue music firm takes in 200 pubs

26-Mar-2010 By John Harrington

At least 200 pubs were supplied by a digital jukebox firm that issued copyrighted tunes without permission, the Morning Advertiser has learnt.

Rogue jukebox firm hits buffers

18-Mar-2010 By John Harrington

Bosses of a pub digital jukebox firm that distributed copyrighted tunes without permission have been prosecuted. Gateshead-based Access All Areas,...

Whyte and Mackay darts: terms and conditions

09-Feb-2009 By MA reporter

These terms and conditions apply to the Whyte and Mackay darts competition. All references to 'our', 'us', 'we' or 'company' within this policy are...

Tread warily as copyright case goes into extra time

03-Jul-2008

The battle over pub football continues! Somewhat surprisingly, given the rather dismissive comments of Lord Justice Pumfrey in the first part of this...

Waiting for a satellite ruling

30-Aug-2007

Not such a good week for the satellite suppliers, it seems, in spite of their new policy of launching attacks on elements of the Sky operation. It...

Paying for the right to performance

03-May-2007 By Peter Coulson

Although the issue of copyright in televised football has dominated the news over the past few months, this is part of a much wider law which...

No legal way to beat Sky's stranglehold

07-Dec-2006

MA legal expert Peter Coulson warns on the temptation to install foreign satellite systems.

Legal advice: Protecting your website

03-Mar-2005

By Briony Edwards of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson Wilson.By making your website accessible to the world at...

Legal advice: Copyright infringement

02-Mar-2005

All the legalities concerning copyright infringement.By Briony Edwards of thePublican.com's team of legal experts from London solicitors Joelson...

Sky airs signal to catch illegal broadcasters

02-Nov-2004

Sky has revealed the new technology it is using in the hunt for licensees who illegally televise Premier League football.From now on licensees who...

Licensees face £15,000 fines as Sky gets tough

29-Sep-2004

Sky is to up its efforts to crack down on pubs knowingly using illegal decoders to televise live football.The broadcaster is bolstering its campaign...

Copyright

04-Oct-2001

Many licensees get away with breaching a creator's copyright without even realising they are doing it - but there are some areas where this could end...