A copyright dispute that has blocked German YouTube users’ access to certain music videos continues to rumble on with little sign of a resolution — despite being ongoing for more than three years already. Today GEMA, the German music royalties collection agency at the centre of the dispute, announced it has broken off its latest round of negotiations with YouTube. → Read More
The Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany, has fined file-hosting service Rapidshare a hefty €24 million ($34 million) and has ruled that the company must start proactively filtering certain content. The case was brought on by copyright protection association GEMA, which claims it represent over 65,000 composers, authors and music publishers across the globe.
Update: looks like we jumped the gun… → Read More
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