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Spanish Culture Minister: No “3-Strikes” for File-Sharers
Says the govt “is not considering punitive measures for the end user of Internet,” and will focus instead on web sites that illegally host copyrighted material and those that profit from them. The Spanish govt has now officially rejected any plans to disconnect illegal file-sharers from the Internet a la a “three-strikes” graduated response system. Speaking to TVE1’s “TVE Breakfasts” morning TV show, Culture Minister Angeles González-Sinde said the govt “is not considering punitive measures for the end user of Internet.” González-Sinde said it instead plans to “attack the origin of all these products that are on the Web sites, as well as those who benefit from them.” It comes after the recent decision by the European Union to drop a crucial amendment (#138) from its much anticipated Telcoms Package that would’ve prevented member countries from disconnecting illegal file-sharers from the Internet.
Continue reading »AFACT v iiNet: It’s Impossible to Block The Pirate Bay
It’s day twelve in the copyright infringement case of AFACT – representing several Hollywood studios – and Aussie ISP iiNet (earlier coverage of day one , day two , day three , day four , day five , day six , day seven , day eight , day nine , day ten , day eleven . The case continued Thursday in the Federal Court, with iiNet CEO Michael Malone taking the stand for the fourth consecutive day, and possibly his last. Not unusually for a copyright trial involving BitTorrent, the issue of The Pirate Bay was raised.
Continue reading »Film producer: Let’s block access to streaming video sites
German movie producer Max Wiedemann has a plan to combat online piracy: He wants ISPs to block access to streaming video sites that offer unlicensed full-length feature films. Wiedemann proposed this type of ISP-based access control during an event organized by the German anti-piracy organization GVU, according to IT news site heise.de . Wiedemann told is audience that it would be “technically trivial” to implement such blocks and singled out German-language streaming media directory Kino.to as an example for a site that should be blocked.
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