[TorrentFreak] Court Orders Usenet Provider to Prevent Copyright Infringement

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German music collecting society and anti-piracy group GEMA is reporting a legal victory over a popular Usenet service provider. GEMA says it has obtained a « ground breaking » court injunction which compels UseNeXT to prevent copyright infringement on a selection of songs in GEMA’s repertoire or face being held liable for their misuse. […]

The precise details have not yet been made public, but according to GEMA the injunction “extends the responsibility of services providers towards rights holders” in the event that copyright works are continually made available. […]

Perhaps unsurprisingly, UseNeXT have a different interpretation of the decision. The company says that it only provides access to the Usenet system and has no control of the content to be found there. It is common practice, UseNeXT says, for copyright holders to send takedown notices to the actual server operators so that files can be removed from newsgroups. […]

Court Orders Usenet Provider to Prevent Copyright Infringement