[...] through in last year’s Digital Economy Act, only to be humiliatingly rebuffed after a series of embarrassing blunders. Now, zombie-like, Hargreaves resuscitates the theme. Apparently the motto of the UK OW lobby is: [...]

[...] the result was an embarrassing fiasco. A combination of hectic campaigning by photographers and a spectacular copyright blunder by the government ended in what The Register described as a famous victory for photographers when [...]

[...] in a final comedic twist, the Labour Party as trodden all over the copyright principles by adapting a well known poster from the Ashes to Ashes series in spoofing David Cameron, without permission from the rights owners. The poster was then duly adapted by the Conservatives, [...]

[...] not going to quote bits – like the British Labour Party, I’m not entirely up-to-date on intellectual rights, copyright and associated reasons to be handed Go-to-jail/Pay-a-fine cards [...]

[...] UK Digital Economy Bill Turns To Ashes After months of warnings from photographers, and weeks of viral posters demonstrating the dangers of Clause 43 and misuse of photography, the Labour party have got in on the act by launching their election campaign with a poster using all the techniques warned of: only to see it blow up in their faces. [...]

[...] You can read more about this here: http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/2010/04/05/uk-digital-economy-bill-turns-to-ashes/ [...]

[...] jeremynicholl.com [...]

[...] poster manages to break just about every rule in the intellectual property handbook,” writes one blogger, “and with entirely predictable [...]

[...] they were debating issues relating to photo copyright in the House of Commons, it turns out that Labour has infringed BBC copyright by Photoshopping David Cameron’s head on to a photo of a ch…. Then the Conservatives committed the same offence by making their own version. Tags: digital [...]