Usenet Community FTD Not Guilty For Linking To Content… But For Promoting Uploads
from the hmm dept
We found it a bit troubling earlier this year when a Dutch court found that Usenet community FTD was guilty of copyright infringement because its users merely linked to Usenet locations where unauthorized copies of movies resided. An appeals court has now apparently reversed much of that decision — noting that just linking to infringing works is not infringement, and that downloading for personal use is also not infringement. However, it oddly still kept the injunction on FTD because it claimed that FTD promoted unauthorized uploads, saying that most “spotters” (who point out where the files are) also are uploaders. Of course, as we had noted recently, the movie studio’s “evidence” on this was that one of its own investigators uploaded and spotted a film.
Filed Under: copyright, linking, netherlands, usenet
Companies: ftd
Comments on “Usenet Community FTD Not Guilty For Linking To Content… But For Promoting Uploads”
so by this ruling
that guy that killed people with a hammer , Canadian tire is now guilty of promoting murder
add your own example thats about as mentally challenged as the entire ruling.
p.s. this is a direct shot at the judical bench
YOUR IDIOTS
Re: p.s. this is a direct shot at the judical bench
MY IDIOTS?
Re: p.s. this is a direct shot at the judical bench
What about MY idiots?
Re: Re: p.s. this is a direct shot at the judical bench
Who is idiots?
Linking is an incorrect term, as there were no actual links on the website to the offending files, not even to the nzb index files.
What this was, was a place were people could tell others that a certain file was spotted on Usenet. And then discuss the finds, such as rate its quality.
Often the spotters were also the ones who uploaded the files, but that upload was not done through any of FTDs services. As FTD doesn’t offer any such service.
Shoot the messenger?
Don't know what they're thinking
Yeah, there are a lot of idiots out there.
Thousands of Usenet refugees go to LimewireP(the P is for pirate) or worst they have to go to Facebook 🙂
You're doing it wrong. It's MY ID10T5....
fixed that for you
Re: You're doing it wrong. It's MY ID10T5....
now YOU’RE doing it wrong. 17’5 [/]/1 11>1075.
Also, who’s betting the judge was paid to leave that in? :p