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: Meltwater

  • 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…

  • Meltwater loses again: the black knight rises

    Meltwater have followed up their defeat in a series of British courts with a defeat in an American court. AP sued them for copying AP stories, and they won. In the opinion which accompanied the summary judgement (I’ll look for it online, I have an emailed copy), the judge is scathing about almost every point…