Danish ISPs as Big Music cops
p2p news / p2pnet: A court ruling in Denmark could mean local ISPs will be forced to act as Big Four record label cops.
They’ll have to close the accounts of customers proved to have been infringing Big Fou copyrights, says the IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Industry).
A Danish Supreme Court ruling will, "oblige TDC, and other ISPs, to act immediately when they are notified that one of their customers is using their internet account to infringe copyright,” it says, continuing:
"In the event of non-compliance, copyright owners will be able to ask the court for an injunction against the service provider."
At the moment, alleged infringers face legal action only after due process – in other words, only once the Big Four have been through the courts to obtain their names and addresses.
February 22nd, 2006 at 7:35 pm
more IFPI spin i think the tdc case was about if isp ever had to disconnect a customers account. The court said yes but only after due proccess.
February 23rd, 2006 at 7:05 am
Sounds like a good precedent for handling pesky copyright pirates, who are getting all the bad publicity for the resposible sharers who only share recipes, political speaches and indy stuff.
February 23rd, 2006 at 7:18 am
Maybe a program could be written to disconnect all Kazaa, Grokster, etc , etc users from their ISP’s enmass. Kinda shoots massive holes in the theory that once the apps are out there they can’t be shut down without disconnecting the entire internet. In the future there will be technical solutions to 95% of digital piracy problems. In fact it will spawn an entirely new industry. Thieves will always be Pariahs until they change their ways. Intellectual property is as real as the money in your wallet.