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Temporary injunction against RapidShare.de
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Germany society for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights GEMA has obtained temporary injunctions from the District Court in Cologne against the operator of data exchange services RapidShare.de and RapidShare.com. The so-called “sharehosters” services operate in a similar way, allowing users to upload content on virtual […]
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ENDitorial : Constitution by criminalisation
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Instead of scouts cookies, evildoers sell copied Britney Spears CDs and counterfeit medicines manufactured using child labour, and that must be stopped, in particular since legit Britney Spears CDs cause enough harm as it is and everyone is tired of Viagra spam. The Criminalisation Directive, also known […]
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Prison or fine for French p2p users ?
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The French Minister of Culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, considered in December 2006 that there should be no prison for those downloading only a few works from the Internet. However, just a couple of weeks after this statement an Internet user was condemned by a French court […]
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Danish ISP forced to block Allofmp3.com
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A Danish court ruled against the Danish ISP Tele2 and ordered to block all access to the site Allofmp3.com. According to the ruling, the ISP is willingly infringing copyright if its customers use AllofMP3 to download music. IFPI Denmark sued the ISP, Tele2, in July 2006. It […]
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Fileshares get different treatment in Europe's courts
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A few interesting decisions regarding the copyright infringement by fileshares have been taken in the last weeks by courts from different states in Europe. Usage of p2p programms has been considered totally different in decisions in Finland, Sweden and Spain. At the end of October 2006, a […]
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Filesharing and digital evidence case in Sweden
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Andreas Bawer was accused in 2005 of sharing a film, called Hip Hip Hora, breaching the Swedish Penal Code. He was found guilty in the Swedish Court of First Instance, (Västmanlands Tingrätt) in December 2005. However, in a recent decision on 2 October 2006 of the Swedish […]
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Belgium says no to Google News
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Belgium newspaper group Copiepress sued Google News, considering they should have asked its permission and agreed financial terms when publishing material from their Belgium newspapers. Google lost in the first instance, but also the appeal against the ruling given on 5 September 2006. Facing a 1 […]
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Russian copyright law gets tougher
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) New changes in the Russian copyright law entered into force on 1 September 2006, giving the same legal regime to the electronic documents as to the traditional ones. The new provisions were adopted by the Russian Duma in 2004, but their application was delayed in order to […]
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ISPs reaction to British Phonographic Industry action
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) accused the ISPs Tiscali and Cable&Wireless of harbouring filesharers and demanded the close up of 17 and 42 respectively.. BPI has already taken action against 139 uploaders, having settled in court 111 cases of them and considers its campaign against filesharers is […]
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Dutch court rules for protecting file-sharers' identities
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In a verdict on 13 July 2006, the court of appeals in Amsterdam upheld a lower court ruling about the question whether Internet service providers (ISPs) have an obligation to hand over a user’s identity when accused of illegal uploading by copyright holders. The lower court had […]
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Dutch Parliament opposes the new EU IPR draft directive
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Dutch Parliament stated on 28 June 2006 that the European Commission has no competence to propose a new directive that is focusing on criminalizing intellectual property offences. The statement refers to a new draft directive – Directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of […]
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Swedish company offers file-sharing damage insurance
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Swedish company Tankafritt offers insurance against file sharing law suits damages and intends to expand to other Scandinavian countries. Magnus Brath, the owner of the company, found it in reaction to the recent copyright infringement cases in Sweden. He also thinks he could develop his business in […]
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