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The (Un)expected Effects of Piracy

21 Jan, 2015 Samia Trautvein Copyrights, Featured, Intellectual Property Rights, Piracy 0

Consumer Behaviour A study published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology explored the average consumer’s behaviour when purchasing items in supermarkets. The study revealed that when consumers are exposed to specific visual property, they …

Cure for the Common Pirate: 3 Ways to Curb Internet Media Piracy

30 Dec, 2014 Tracey McKenna Copyrights, Criminal Law and IP, Featured, IP Crime, Piracy 0

When The Pirate Bay went down on December 14, 2014 it was an uninspiring event. There weren’t riots in streets like there were in 2006, and there wasn’t a huge amount of surprise from …

Of Fake Apple Stores, Faker Architecture and Real Lawsuits

11 Feb, 2013 Mekhala Chaubal Apple, Architecture, Branding & Marketing, China, Derivative works, Emerging Nations, Heritage sites, Licensing, Piracy, Tourism, Trademarks 0

China’s seemingly unstoppable economic boom has been attributed to its vast manufacturing of outsourced goods of almost every kind, from simple household products to more sublime symbols of religion. While impressive, the flip side …

Misaligned Stances on Copyright Enforcement in Nigeria

4 Feb, 2013 Tracy Ayodele Africa, Copyrights, Emerging Nations, Intellectual Property Rights, IPR enforcement, Nigeria, Nigerian Copyright Commission, Piracy 0

While the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) reflects on its triumphs of 2012, which reportedly includes the prosecution of 31 copyright cases, the arrest of 85 suspected pirates and confiscation of 3,621,787 million units of …

Orits Williki: The Nigerian Copyright Act Requires Proper Administration

10 Aug, 2012 Tracy Ayodele Africa, Copyrights, IPR enforcement, Licensing, Nigeria, Nigerian Copyright Act, Nigerian Copyright Commission, Piracy, Technology 0

Nigeria’s creative industries are capable of generating billions annually, granted that the proper administration, swift implementation and strict adherence to intellectual property rights are in position. This vast source of revenue remains unexploited by …