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German net users get fined over streamed content ..

  • 14-12-2013 10:46pm
    #1
    lazza14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 265 ✭✭


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25347913

    I was wondering about the legality of this ?

    AFAIK red tube makes it's money on advertising, and has acquired the films legally.


    How can people be fined for streaming content ?


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  • #2
    returnNull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭returnNull


    Here's an interesting article on it from the Ars Technica website

    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/thousands-of-germans-get-porn-troll-letters-over-streaming-video/


  • #3
    Pro Hoc Vice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,087 ✭✭✭Pro Hoc Vice


    lazza14 wrote: »
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25347913

    I was wondering about the legality of this ?

    AFAIK red tube makes it's money on advertising, and has acquired the films legally.


    How can people be fined for streaming content ?

    It's not a fine, it's a letter seeking damages for breach of copyright. It's legal I assume in Germany to make such a claim, winning any case is another matter.


  • #4
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    There can be a difference between the amount sought and the amount got. This crowd looked for €600 and got €30.

    http://torrentfreak.com/court-slams-music-pirate-with-huge-fine-of-41-00-101028/
    A young man, who as a teenager file-shared two music tracks, has finally discovered his fate. After rightsholders demanded damages of 600 euros ($828) the case dragged through the legal system. After nearly five years a court in Germany has just published its decision. It ruled that the damages demands of the rightsholders were excessive and instead ordered the defendant to pay 30 euros ($41.00) damages.

    ...

    Rightsholders monitoring the unauthorized sharing mounted a case and demanded 300 euros ($414) per track, a total of 600 euros in damages. Yesterday the Hamburg Regional Court published its final decision.


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