Copyright holders lose IPRED case
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- A landmark Swedish file sharing ruling that forced ISP ePhone to reveal a net user’s identity to five publishers has been overturned.
Sweden’s new Ipred law gives copyright holders the ability to demand ISPs reveal details of users who share files.
“The case, which ePhone initially lost in June in Solna District Court, is significant because it is the first to go to trial since the passage of a law designed to crack down on internet piracy in Sweden,” says The Local, continuing:
“The law, which is based on the EU`s Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED), came into force on April 1st and says that internet providers can be forced by a court order to provide data about customers targeted in copyright infringement investigations.”
Says Stockholm News
It was in June that the District Court of Solna ruled that the ISP Ephone should hand over information to five book publishers about who was behind a server where 27 audio books is said to be available for illegal downloading.
But the sentence was appealed to the High Court, who do not consider the evidence to prove any copyright infringement, in accordance with the law, since the data was not available to the general public. This since the data on the server was protected by a login-process. As there is no evidence about how many people that made use of the login, the High Court thereby finds no probable cause of copyright infringement.
Stay tuned.
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The Local – Court overturns ruling in audio book piracy case, October 13, 2009
Stockholm News – Copyright-holders lost file-sharing case, October 13, 2009
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October 14th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Paff! haha! This is for the copyright terrorists!
October 14th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
Running a private FTP server full of software tools comes in handy if I’m ever asked out of the blue to help a family member or friend having a PC problem. All of them live in different cities so going home to grab stuff is usually out of the question. A private server is also useful during extended vacations and business trips as it allows me to swap out songs/videos/e-books on my portable media player, which doesn’t have very much storage capacity. There are literally tons of reasons why one might run their own private server and I fail to see how the mere presence of copyrighted material on it automagically constitutes infringement. If the person was handing out the password to strangers I could perhaps understand, but even then the plaintiff should still have to present proof to the court that such action was indeed taking place before being given the identity they’re requesting. It is nice to see common sense prevail and I hope it continues to do so in the future.
October 14th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
iFail Predator Muhahaha lol
October 14th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Haha, awesome!