P2P doesn’t violate rights: judge

Thu,09 Jul 2009 11:00 GMT -4:00 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/24690

- Spanish copyright society SGAE tried to close down ElRincondeJesus.com which has links to media files for download via eD2K, says Digital Media Wire.

“This is the first time a court clearly states that P2P itself does not violate any rights,”  it has lawyer Carlos Almeida-Sanchez telling El Mundo.

“P2P networks, as a mere transmission of data between Internet users, do not violate, in principle, any right protected by Intellectual Property Law,” it ruled judge Raul N. García Orejudo, says the story, adding:

“It’s possible that the site may eventually be found to have violated copyrights, but the judge … denied SGAE’s motion to have ElRincondeJesus.com shut down immediately before the matter is heard at trial.”

Recently, Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (Spanish General Society of Authors and Editors, aka SGAE),  suspected that the owners of a restaurant near Seville hadn’t paid royalties for the music they were using for a wedding reception, said Times Online,

The society was fined for “breaching the intimacy” of the couple at the wedding reception. The incident came to light, “because the SGAE has stepped up its drive against venues it suspects of trying to avoid paying royalties,” says the story, adding:

“The SGAE allegedly used the same tactics against another venue hosting a wedding, in a case that is about to reach court. When the society prosecuted the Salón de Bodas, in El Vizir de Espartinas, Seville, it claimed that the video had been taken by one of the guests.”

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Digital Media Wire - Spanish Court Denies Motion to Shutter P2P Link Site, July 8, 2009

hadn’t paid royalties - Spanish rights group busts wedding, December 18, 2008

Times Online - Secret wedding video ruling is music to ears of privacy groups, December 15, 2008


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