March 20, 2010
Published: 17 Apr 09 15:52 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/18930/20090417/
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The jail sentences for the founders of The Pirate Bay have attracted wide international attention, with file sharers and copyright holders around the world trying to work out their significance. While entertainment industry bosses are delighted, some experts wonder whether it will make any difference.
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The scary thing to me is that the government(s) is utilizing this case and others like it to fuel their spying on people for civil law activities not criminal activities along. The cost to ISP's for this will make all our internet subscriptions cost more and promote sites like Pirate Bays VPN thus removing more money from our pockets and removing freedom from the internet. At least China is honest about their censorship.
I wonder how many people in the good old US of A have heard about this court decision and are applauding it in light of the recent capture and then rescue of captain Richard Phillips?
not) because of the implications this ruling will have on everyday personal
freedoms. I am guessing this ruling was heavily influenced with Sweden's
seat in the EU.
A web browser, upon viewing a web page - caches a copy of every piece of that page; Images, text, code, etc. Whenever information is displayed on your computer it is actually stored on your computer (temporarily in your RAM or more permanently in cache-folders). So by this example, aren't all web browsers violating copyright law?
no meaningful academic research could be conducted. The underlying principle
of fair use is that a limited number of copies can be made so that ideas can
be examined by peers and relevant others. Another important aspect concerns
the value of the material cited. If the material cited has little economic value,
then the copying has little if any economic impact on the copyright owner.
The American law also recognizes the concept of a variable arrangement.
Enhancements to existing ideas may be copyrighted as long as the distinguishing
factors are either easily recognizable or can be articulated. Every copyright
application in the Copyright Office must be examined by a copyright specialist
and signed off as part of the copyright review process.
The more important thing to do in this case is to establish a minimum entrance
fee to the downloading site so that copyright owners can be compensated.
I own a patent and 10 copyrights. Possible patent infringement by major
search engines like Google is a concern to me. I can see the value of
charging a small fee for copyright usage when it is warranted.
The story isn't over yet. I'm certain that this case will be appealed
to the higher courts within the Swedish legal apparatus.
Joseph S. Maresca
The world is changing, advertizing and propaganda is being feed to us every minute, product placement, in TV shows, movies, music videos,etc.
We are being secretly profiled, by Google, yahoo, face book, my space, MSN, and many others, that data is being sold for billions;
The reason targeted adds, for the sucker consumers that we are; Well no more! Content should be free and the tab should be paid by the companies attempting to push their goods and the advertizing companies.
This is like prosecuting the postal service, there is a great deal of criminal activity via the post, however are they on trial here? they are a medium of communication nothing else, it is not up to the Post office nor service providers to police IPR infringements!