Dominic Young

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I’ve been around the news media and the internet since the beginning. I am interested in copyright as the basis for a thriving and balanced creative sector and society. Also interested in how the failure of copyright and other laws has led to terrible outcomes for the internet and everyone who uses it. I’ve done a lot of things around these issues.

Category: ECJ

  • The European Commission’s manifesto for The Copyright Hub

    As you may know, I stepped down from The Copyright Hub earlier this year, two-and-a-half years into my planned one year tenure. The Hub is a fantastic, exhilarating, project which stands to create massive and positive change for creators. That is why it has attracted the wide-ranging support from an enormously diverse group of people, organisations,…

  • The CJEU goes bonkers again…?

    I am very much not a fan of the European Court of Justice and their whimsical way of making up laws which bear little relation to anything actually legislated. Last week they were at it again, “banning” open wifi hotspots because they make copyright infringement too easy. The court said that if users need a…

  • Strange things happen in courts

    This is odd. The Supreme Court has handed down its judgement in the endless NLA case, and it’s a little strange. They have also referred the case on to the European Court of Justice, to ensure that the agony is prolonged a little longer. Among the many oddities is that this judgement, weird though it…

  • Football DataCo loses again

    Some more good news from the courts. Football DataCo has lost its latest case in the ECJ relating to their efforts to protect football fixture lists. This has been going on and on for years, and when it all began I took a close interest due to my job at the time managing IP for…