Copyright Aid

Hi Copee,
If by 'small copyright breaches' you mean cases where the value of the claim is below £10,000, then virtually all such cases will be dealt with by the Small Claims Track* of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, itself a part of the High Court. However since neither the court ...

Thank you for a comprehensive answer and interesting follow ups.

How many small copyright breaches do you estimate make it to a UK court a year? I'm not talking large abuse but one off uses in small newsletter or web logs.

If Nick is right they won't pursue in most cases?

I am confused how websites who scan newspapers can claim copyright.

The scanning companies can not have done any due diligence on establishing who own the copyright in the articles and photos in each issue.

Similarly the photo libraries. I queried why one photo was noted as copyright ed by them ...