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[FYI] Copyright infringement in the on-line world
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United Kingdom - Copyright infringement in the on-line world
The EU Copyright Directive and the E-Commerce Directive contradict
each other on the question of ISP liability, argue Mark Owen and
Richard Penfold of Harbottle & Lewis in London
In the on-line world, the question of intellectual property
infringement, and who should be liable for it, is a vexed one. Almost
every business wants to exploit the Internet and make money. On the
other hand, however, everyone wants to pass liability to someone
else. This includes the liability for infringements of IP rights. One
question in particular, of how far Internet service providers (ISPs)
should be liable for IP infringements has been a controversial topic
for some time.
Computer games industry grows twitchy about ISP liability
Traditionally, the music industry has been most concerned about the
exploitation and misuse of rights on the Internet and has (at least
until now) been at the forefront of the rightsholders lobby in
demanding a proper framework for protecting and exploiting
intellectual property on the Internet. Recently, however, it has been
the computer games publishing industry which has championed the cause
for rights owners in the battle against, in particular the ISPs’ view
that: It’s nothing to do with us and therefore we should not be
liable.
The debate for the computer games lobby centres around two pieces of
(conflicting) EU legislation. The first is the proposed directive on
Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society (the
Copyright Directive) and second is the proposed directive on
Electronic Commerce (the E-Commerce Directive).
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