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New threats for UK file-sharers
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After the letters sent from Virgin Media to its customers on alleged file-sharing activities, British Telecom (BT), the UK’s largest broadband provider, has started a similar activity. The Register has received information from one of the BT subscribers that has received such a letter from the Customer […]
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Control on Internet users pushed with the new telecom package
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) An appeal from three European NGOs – La Quadrature du Net, netzpolitik.org and EDRi-member Open Rights Group – reveal some disturbing MEPs amendments to the draft directives to reform the EU framework on electronic communications (telecom package). The review of the telecom package was merely focusing on […]
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France promotes the three-strike scheme in Europe
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) With France taking over the presidency of the European Union on 1 July 2008, the French Minister of Culture, Christine Albanel, wants to get a consensus in the fight against p2p downloading by translating the French model to the entire Europe. Christine Albane presented on 19 June […]
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British ISPs warn Internet downloaders on the risk of being prosecuted
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) As a continuation of the actions started in March 2008, and despite opinions that ISPs should not act as an Internet police, the major British record labels represented by British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and Virgin Media, UK’s largest provider of home broadband, have joint forces in a […]
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BitTorrent tracker sites threatened by draft ACTA agreement
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A new international trade agreement, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which is now under discussion might strengthen criminal sanctions against BitTorrent tracker sites for exploiting copyright material online. The tracker sites state they do not profit from Internet users sharing music, movies and software, saying that the […]
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IFPI continues to pressure ISPs to act as Internet police
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Despite the criticism and negative reaction of the ISPs in several countries, IFPI continues to pressures them in turning themselves into Internet police. Following Denmark, Norway and Ireland, it is the turn of the Swedish ISPs to be the target of the association. What IFPI asks is […]
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Setback for IFPI in its case against PirateBay
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) After the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) sued the PirateBay at the end of March 2008 demanding 1.6 million euro in damages as compensation for 24 albums, new elements have occurred forcing IFPI to limit its demands. The Stockholm District Court indicted the four PirateBay […]
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Changes in the German copyright law
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The extension of the copyright law aimed at fighting illegal file-sharing adopted on 11 April 2008 by the German Government creates concerns on how the p2p-related lawsuits will be considered under the new law. The new text forces the ISPs to reveal the names and IP addresses […]
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ENDitorial: Will France Introduce the Digital Guillotine in Europe?
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Ever since DADVSI, the French implementation of the European Copyright Directive, Internet users in France have faced increasingly disproportionate threats of punishment for claims of copyright infringement. The latest scheme promoted by the content industry against unauthorized sharing of music and films on Internet is called “flexible […]
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ENDitorial: CoE – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The 9th meeting of the Council of Europe (CoE) group of specialists on Human Rights in the Information Society (MC-S-IS) was held in Strasbourg from 31 March to 2 April 2008. At the same time, on 1-2 April, another division of the CoE was holding in a […]
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UK: ISPs are not the Internet cops
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the UK music trade body, has asked British ISPs to disconnect the users that share music considering that this is just an education measure to their customers not to steal music. However, the UK ISPs are complaining about the fact that they […]
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Italian DPA: It's illegal to spy on P2P users
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali) issued a press release on 13 March 2008, explaining that the private companies can’t systematically monitor the activities of peer-to-peer (P2P) users that share files on the Internet, for the purpose of identifying and suing […]
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