About Copyright Law On The World Wide Web

| Saturday, February 12, 2011
By Banks Tikkala


It looks like the European Union is all over the copyright violations taking location on the world wide web. Right now they are going correct following Piracy downloads of music, and movies. Next, even so they'll be going following digital books (eBooks), and stolen news articles which are put onto blogs, or copied into Net forums. The UK has also talked about this, and they too are generating laws to quit copyright violations.

Within the United States we have a huge lobby in Hollywood, in both the record enterprise along with the film enterprise which is trying to quit unauthorized downloads. In France, the UK, and all throughout the European Union, too as the United States, Planet wide world wide web laws are being introduced which will permit government officials and regulators to turn off planet wide internet sites who violate copyrights.

In some circumstances there may possibly possibly possibly be a three strikes law, but among the greatest fears of people who private planet wide internet sites will likely be the reality that there is going to be false complaint from competitors and their planet wide internet sites is going to be shut down unnecessarily. Yes, this could take location within the United States also, and there have been troubles tried within the past to shut down planet wide internet sites which could have malware on them.

We also know within the United States that the media companies, specifically the newspapers which are practically bankrupt have talked with the Federal Trade Commission along with the Congress about the ongoing copyright piracy. Not lengthy ago, there was a actually interesting write-up within the Wall Street Journal titled; "All Eyes on France As Officials in First New Anti-Piracy Law," by Max Colchester which was published within the third week of October 2010.

The article states that in this new law in France warnings is going to be sent out to any individual who is suspected of downloading copyright materials. In other words, Net users could have their ISP turned off, which would mean they can't even get e-mails if they're caught downloading stuff. Three-strike sort rule - and basically you would acquire a set of warnings according to the write-up;

"your Net connection has been employed to commit acts, recognized by police authorities, which could be regarded as a breach of law," and at that point you would have to prove that you simply simply just did or didn't personally do this, and then defend your right not to lose your Net service. That's pretty scary isn't it? It sounds rather draconian in many scenarios. To get a full understanding of this subject, I advise you go to the Wall Street Journal website and read that write-up.

Further, I'd like you to understand that our feel tank is been contemplating all this, and we are truly worried that this will be misused by authorities for several purposes; such as to limit political dissent, free of charge of charge of charge speech, and exert more control over the society. In reality, it could also be some factor that occurs in the United States. Maybe, this is why The Electronic Freedom Foundation is also looking into all of this. Please contemplate all this.




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