EU court says file sharers don't have to be named
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080129/wr_nm/spain_court_eu_dc;_ylt=A0WTUfLch59Hh74Apw0DW7oF
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Yay! In a victory for the little guy, a European Court of Justice said that EU countries can refuse to identify the names of file sharers on the Internet in civil cases. The case centered on whether an Internet provider had to provide the personal identification information of its in civil cases.
It's a blow to the copyright holders going after file-sharers, but the Court also said that member states may create obligations forcing companies to turn over such data in the civil context.
It'd be nice to see copyright holders like the big labels and what not stop suing their customers and instead embrace file-sharing, learning how to adapt it to create new revenue streams. And supposedly this just might be happening with sites like Q-Trax.
It's a blow to the copyright holders going after file-sharers, but the Court also said that member states may create obligations forcing companies to turn over such data in the civil context.
It'd be nice to see copyright holders like the big labels and what not stop suing their customers and instead embrace file-sharing, learning how to adapt it to create new revenue streams. And supposedly this just might be happening with sites like Q-Trax.
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echoz
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sounds like the European Court just won't definitively slam the door on these "big" labels. wish someone would just tell 'em to go jump (like they really have it so bad, the blood-suckers)
- 4 years ago
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echoz
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mattbrawn
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It seems Qtrax might not be as welcomed by the big names as everyone had first thought, the labels denied that they were joining forces with the controversial p2p sharing platform right at the last minute.
Was it the labels pulling out or a bit of crafty marketing?
- 4 years ago
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mattbrawn
