Comments on: the-Realworld.de court ruling

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:16:26 +0000

The MPAA requested an injunction against the-realworld.de that it would stop operation or pay 250,000â¬. The court granted this requested and also decided that the-realworld.de has to carry the cost of litigation.

In the German judicial system the cost of litigation is calculated depending on the amount in controversy which was set to 150,000â¬ by the judge.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:28:10 +0000

They’d argue that the lack of ads in the internet broadcasts would violate this.

Then again, couldn’t someone else argue that removing the ads has created a “derivative work”? Assuming i’m not totally wrong.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:15:22 +0000

if the site was hosted in switzerland, why was it seen in a german court, even if it was a (dot)de domain?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 01:09:20 +0000

The MPAA considers fair use to be anything they get paid for more than once.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:06:02 +0000

If the show was already broacast over the air for free, then broacasting over the Internet should be considered fair use.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:58:29 +0000

surely this can only apply to tv shows in america not as a whole, it is up to the individual companies who hold the copyrights to take action against realworld, the majority of the shows on there were not american in origin and therfore have no bearing on the outcome,surely any money the mpaa extorts from the realworld should be divided equally among every shows copyright holder’s that appear on there????