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• YouTube 'dancing baby' case prompts fair use ruling on copyrighted videos

  15-09-2015 21:51
  
  Court decision allows YouTube user to move forward with lawsuit against Universal music for takedown notice on 2007 video that featured Prince songIt just became a little harder to force someone to take copyrighted videos off YouTube, thanks to a ruling from a three-judge panel in California who found that, before filing a removal notice, copyright holders must consider whether the way their intellectual property is used online could be considered “fair use” under US law.Further, acc
  
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• Dominic Grieve named chairman of intelligence and security committee

  15-09-2015 20:50
  
  Former Conservative attorney general replaces Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who stepped down after criticism over cash-for-access scandalDominic Grieve, the former Conservative attorney general, has been appointed as the chair of the British parliament’s intelligence and security committee.Recent reforms mean that the ISC can appoint its own chair, though it can only vote for someone who has already been nominated by the prime minister. Continue reading...
  
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• Legal highs blanket ban will outlaw poppers and laughing gas

  15-09-2015 19:21
  
  Theresa May to meet drug advisers next week to discuss present draft of ban which opponents say will outlaw harmless medicinesThe blanket ban on legal highs by the home secretary, Theresa May, will outlaw club drugs such as poppers and capsules of laughing gas, a Home Office minister has told MPs.The statement made by the police minister, Mike Penning, came as May prepares to meet her own expert drug advisers next week to discuss their warning that the ban, as currently drafted, is unenforceable
  
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• Without trust, Sri Lanka cannot investigate its own war crimes | Sonya Sceats

  15-09-2015 18:19
  
  A UN report is set to reveal harrowing crimes. But the survivors do not believe their government is capable of ensuring justiceSri Lankan war crimes will be laid bare in a harrowing UN report to be published on Wednesday. The Sri Lankan government has already launched its latest charm offensive to convince the world it can deal with these issues, but the international community must stay strong to ensure a proper justice process that wins the confidence of survivors and enables the country to he
  
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• Ched Evans: committee to decide if rape case should go to court of appeal

  15-09-2015 15:38
  
  Footballer’s latest attempt to have rape conviction overturned is being discussed by body that investigates alleged miscarriages of justiceChed Evans’s latest attempt to have his rape conviction overturned is being discussed by the body that investigates alleged miscarriages of justice.The former Sheffield United and Wales footballer applied for a review by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) last year. Related: Sexual consent course offered to clubs condemned over link to Ch
  
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• Help businesses understand human rights – Society

  15-09-2015 15:04 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Smithers urges solicitors to help shape Law Society’s guidance.
  
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• Chancery Lane urges support for business on human rights

  15-09-2015 15:04 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Smithers urges solicitors to help shape Law Society’s guidance.
  
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• Profits rise at quoted pioneer Gateley

  15-09-2015 14:29 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  ‘Encouraging’ start to new financial year for law firm that made history by floating on AIM.
  
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• Consultation uncovers MedCo concerns

  15-09-2015 14:29 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  PI lawyers and insurers raise questions about audit, accreditation and transparency. 
  
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• Solicitors vital in UK business' understanding of human rights - Lawyer Monthly Magazine

  15-09-2015 14:28
  Solicitors vital in UK business' understanding of human rights
  Lawyer Monthly Magazine
  Solicitors' role in protecting human rights is key when advising UK companies on their conduct at home and abroad, the Law Society will say today (15th September). The representative body for solicitors will announce that human rights in business ...
  

• Sex workers' rights: mapping policy around the world

  15-09-2015 13:59
  
  The creator of a global map of sex work law hopes the new tool will help tackle decades of myths and misinformationA map that brings together all the laws relating to sex work around the globe has been a long time coming.After decades of working on sex work issues, I have for some time been frustrated at the lack of accurate and accessible information about laws and policies governing how sex is bought and sold across the world. Without this it is impossible to fully understand how these laws im
  
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• Lawsuit could end prosecution of war criminals living in US

  15-09-2015 13:55
  
  Ruling due to be made in Virginia on Wednesday could render impotent the Alien Tort Statute, legislation widely used to prosecute human rights abusesAlmost three decades after he was imprisoned and tortured by henchmen of brutal Somali dictator Mohamed Siad Barre, Farhan Warfaa is still haunted by the moment the army officer interrogating him drew out a pistol and shot him five times at close range.Assuming he had killed the man he was questioning about a crime no more serious than the theft of
  
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• Beijing releases activist on eve of Chinese president's visit to US

  15-09-2015 12:50
  
  Release of Guo Yushan could be attempt by China to stop criticism of human rights record overshadowing Xi Jinping’s visitA Chinese activist who helped the lawyer and activist Chen Guangcheng flee from illegal detention has been released from prison on the eve of the first state visit to the United States by China’s president, Xi Jinping.Guo Yushan, a 38-year-old economist and social campaigner, was detained last October as thousands of pro-democracy protesters flocked on to the stree
  
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• Strangeways prison rooftop protest enters third day

  15-09-2015 12:15
  
  Convicted murderer Stuart Horner has been on roof of Manchester prison shouting and kicking slates since SundayA convicted murderer continues to stage a rooftop protest at the high-security Strangeways jail in Manchester nearly 48 hours after he first scaled the walls.Stuart Horner, 35, jailed for 27 years in 2012 for shooting his uncle in the chest with a shotgun after a family feud, has been on the roof shouting and kicking slates since 2pm on Sunday and reportedly threatened to stay put for &
  
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• What has the United Nations ever done for you? – interactive

  15-09-2015 11:00
  
  Ever wondered how UN action has actually affected your life? Browse our interactive guide to find outHave we got it right? Let us know below. Continue reading...
  
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• Paul Gambaccini calls for tougher action over false claims of sexual abuse

  15-09-2015 09:58
  
  Broadcaster, who was on police bail for a year before being told there was no case against him, also says suspects should remain anonymous until chargedPeople found to have made false accusations of sexual abuse should be prosecuted or offered medical attention, the broadcaster Paul Gambaccini has said.Gambaccini, 66, was on police bail for a year after his arrest for suspected sex abuse before he was told there was no case against him. Related: No charges for Paul Gambaccini over alleged histor
  
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• Child brides in Bangladesh: 'The dreams I had as a young girl are impossible now'

  15-09-2015 08:00
  
  In a country where two thirds of girls are married before turning 18, civil society groups are trying to fight back against a worrying regressive trendGrowing up in Bangladesh, Ratna loved her bike. She was a tomboy, a lively kid with a passion for learning.But at the age of 14 she was forced into marriage to a man in his mid-20s. She went to live with her in-laws, miles from her family home. Her new family prevented her from attending school, not allowing her to leave the house, and subjected h
  
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