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MAY
2013
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MAY
2013
Dutch Court: ING not required to disclose account information in copyright case against FTD World
Yesterday, the District Court of Amsterdam ruled that the Dutch bank ING is not obliged to hand over personal data of one of its account holders. The Court issued this judgment after a request from the Dutch anti-piracy agency BREIN. In this case, BREIN aimed to force the ING to provide account information of the domain name holder of ‘FTD World’. This website lists a large quantity of the...16
MAY
2013
New German copyright law enters into force on August 1st
This week, the German government published their new German online copyright law, through which publishers will gain the exclusive right to the commercial use of their publications on the Internet, in the Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt). The law will go into effect on August 1st. The change in the German copyright law, as accepted by both the Lower and the Upper House of Germany,...15
MAY
2013
‘Google to announce new paid music streaming service today.’
According to sources close to Google, the search giant will announce the launch of a subscription music service at the Google I/O conference that starts today. After concluding licensing agreements with Warner Music Group earlier this year, Google has now signed similar deals with Universal and Sony. The agreements with the three largest music labels give Google access to numerous songs,...14
MAY
2013