Posts for Future of Copyright

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21
MAY
2013

UK proxy services anticipate on more ISP blocking of copyright infringing sites

This week it was announced that the British music industry is considering new lawsuits to request British ISP’s to block access to a wide range of copyright infringing sites.  After the successful request for a blocking order against Usenet indexing site Newzbin2, this legal route has become the model through which ISPs can be forced to bar their customers from accessing copyright...
17
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...
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

French report suggests big changes in anti-piracy enforcement

In France, a new government-commissioned report on the enforcement of online piracy is published. The report was issued this week, and contains 80 proposals about how to handle illicit file sharing and how to imply copyright levies. The report is named after Pierre Lescure, the head of the government panel. Furthermore,  the panel discusses the future of Hadopi, the main agency in France...
10
MAY
2013

US Court of Appeals shuts down copyright troll Righthaven

Yesterday, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued an opinion in which it declared that Righthaven’s business lacked standing and that the company therefore has to quit its current copyright chasing business. Righthaven is an organization that concluded licenses with authors of news articles and subsequently, on behalf of these copyright holders, sent claims to all...