Another Smart Copyright Ruling In Spain: Google Not Liable For User Upload
from the recognizing-liability dept
Just a few weeks after a German court ruled that YouTube was somehow responsible for copyright infringement done by users, a Spanish court has ruled in the exact opposite manner. Basically, the court properly recognized that Google is the tool that is used, and that it should not be responsible for the infringing behavior of its users. The court also properly notes that YouTube makes it easy (I'd argue, perhaps too easy) to remove content that a copyright holder believes is infringing. This is, of course, similar to the Viacom ruling here in the US.It's also no surprise that a Spanish court has ruled this way. Spanish courts have ruled over and over and over and over again that liability should be applied towards the actual infringer, rather than the third party tool provider. This is basic common sense, but it's resulted in a misleading media campaign by the entertainment industry falsely claiming that Spain is somehow weak on copyright.
Properly applying liability to the party actually responsible is not being "weak," it's being accurate and fair. It's nice to see Spain recognize this. Hopefully, Germany figures this out at some point as well.
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Leading the way
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- Arthur Schopenhauer
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Well it makes sense
I know here in the US they sued a couple of people over downloading music illegally and won. The person now owes something like $4 million for downloading music. Yah, they are never going to see that money.
It's not "weak", it's smart on there part. And when they stop chasing money, the world will finally change (Yeah, probably never).
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So, they should go after the money, even if those with the money didn't actually *do* anything wrong?
Please explain.
I know here in the US they sued a couple of people over downloading music illegally and won. The person now owes something like $4 million for downloading music. Yah, they are never going to see that money.
Same question as above.
It's not "weak", it's smart on there part. And when they stop chasing money, the world will finally change (Yeah, probably never).
Same question as above.
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doesn't make it Right, of course.
hopefully Spain can continue to not suck in this regard. it's nice to see 'the system' getting it right, ya know?
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Can we get less anecdotal evidence and more fact here?
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