Scarlet scores against Sabam in P2P case
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- In what’s described as the first real test of how European copyright law can be applied to P2P networks, Belgian ISP Scarlet, aka Tiscali, has chalked up a victory.
Sabam, the Belgian Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers, the equivalent to ASCAP, BMI, last year sued Tiscali, trying to claim ISPs are responsible when customers move copyrighted files.
A court subsequently, “ordered a study” into whether or not Scarlet could be, “forced to block the transfer of copyrighted material through their network,” says Security and the Net, going on:
“This was finished last year, and in june 2007 Scarlet was ordered to implement technical measures to block the transfer of copyrighted works via P2P networks within six months. The fine for not following these instructions was set to €2500 per day.
“This year, Scarlet asked the court to cancel this order because the systems Sabam proposed for filtering traffic didn’t work as advertised; Sabam has already apologized to the judge about providing incorrect information.”
The court has now ruled in favor of Scarlet, “staying the fine until the final ruling in this case which is expected about a year from now,” adds the story.
Definitely stay tuned.
(Thanks, Zacharias)
ISPs are responsible – More RIAA CopySense nonsense, September 23, 2008
Security and the Net – Belgian ISP scores first victory in P2P case, October 25, 2008
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