European Court Of Human Rights: Convictions For File-Sharing Violate Human Rights
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Storyteller |
http://falkvinge.net/2013/02/07/cou...s-human-rights/
quote: | The European Court of Human Rights has declared that the copyright monopoly stands in direct conflict with fundamental Human Rights, as defined in the European Union and elsewhere. This means that as of today, nobody sharing culture in the EU may be convicted just for breaking the copyright monopoly law; the bar for convicting was raised considerably. This can be expected to have far-reaching implications, not just judicially, but in confirming that the copyright monopoly stands at odds with human rights. |
There is more to it, but this is interesting. Right now, basically no one in Europe can be convicted anymore for illegal downloading music/software and such. So it's hardly impossible to protect your copyright... Any thoughts? |
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itsamemario |
It's ing awesome is what it is. |
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jayxthekoolest |
Not terribly surprising.
Although that definitely sucks for software developers. At least musicians can still do live gigs. |
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Storyteller |
I find it wrong for obvious reasons. I believe any creator of any work should be able to monetize it.
I've already accepted the fact that people download illegally and I don't mind. But saying people are in their right to download whatever they see fit without possibility to justify them just seems wrong to me on a moral and ethical standpoint.
quote: | Originally posted by jayxthekoolest
Not terribly surprising.
Although that definitely sucks for software developers. At least musicians can still do live gigs. |
I find it very surprising to be honest. The anti-piracy lobby in Europe (as well as the USA) is huge. I'm really surprised to see Europe, where there are some very strict anti-piracy laws (especially France), became the safe haven for illegal downloaders. |
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tehlord |
It's really just there to protect the small fry against the US making examples of them. Convictions can still be made, and the file sharing sites will remain to be targeted.
Apart from Audionews, who will remain untouchable of course. |
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DJ RANN |
quote: | Originally posted by tehlord
It's really just there to protect the small fry against the US making examples of them. Convictions can still be made, and the file sharing sites will remain to be targeted.
Apart from Audionews, who will remain untouchable of course. |
I agree with this.
Some of the persecution that has gone on in the USA and elsewhere is ridiculous. I think there's a 15 year old boy in sweden actually facing jail time for downloading a dozen movies after his teacher reported him to the police.
I get that sites should be shut down but there's just too many double standards and hypocricy at the moment; youtube was sold to google as they knew there was going to legal trouble for the creators as the site was/is one giant copyright infringement, but then "partners" like Vevo do lucrative deals with the labels from which the artists have no say and receive nothing, even though they technically own the material.
There's a long way to go until we get any kind of stable and sensible status quo regarding intellectual property. |
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