p2pnet - rss feed: MySpace decries Vivendi claim
p2pnet.net News:- They’re meaner than junk yard dogs in the world of corporate entertainment, and the latest company to bite into another is Vivendi’s Universal Music, using the odious DMCA to chomp down on Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace.
In battle zones, they call it reconnaissance by fire and soon, there’ll be a meeting of the minds. But for now, Vivendi claims MySpace.com is a “vast virtual warehouse” of “pirated” works.
But, “MySpace provides an extraordinary promotion platform for artists - from major labels to independent acts - while respecting their copyrights,” says a statement. “We have been keeping UMG closely apprised of our industry-leading efforts to protect creators’ rights, and it’s unfortunate they decided to file this unnecessary and meritless litigation. We provide users with tools to share their own work - we do not induce, encourage, or condone copyright violation in any way.
“We are in full compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and have no doubt we will prevail in court. Moreover, we proactively take steps to filter unauthorized music sound recordings and have implemented audio fingerprinting technology. We will continue working to be the gold standard in protecting creators’ rights as well as the world’s leading lifestyle portal.”
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vast virtual warehouse - Vivendi sues Murdoch’s MySpace, November 18, 2006
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November 20th, 2006 at 6:34 pm
Oh, come on. It’s no secret that the defendant’s on the plaintiff’s side. Big Content on one side, Big Content on the other. Both the plaintiff’s and the defendant’s statements fully endorse rampant copyright expansionism. It’s a sock puppet show: the left sock and the right sock may appear to be arguing, but rest assured, they’re two hands on the same person.
Despite what MySpace says, the DMCA “safe harbor” clause does not require an Internet service provider to protect itself from lawsuits. It doesn’t require audio fingerprinting, either. In fact, the only thing the DMCA “safe harbor” requires is takedown on demand.
Seriously, that’s all.
But by proclaiming stuff like audio fingerprinting to be evidence that MySpace is on the right side of the law, MySpace is setting the bar higher than the DMCA requires, in the mind of the news-reading public. MySpace’s corporate cousins the RIAA and MPAA distort copyright law to the public; no surprise that MySpace does, too.
Don’t be fooled. Both the left sock and the right sock here are pantomiming a world where Internet service providers have to go far, far beyond the DMCA to appease copyright holders. Such a world is pure fiction, but one that both the plaintiff and the defendant want to make a reality.
November 20th, 2006 at 6:34 pm