The IFPI says that the decision Friday by the Dutch Supreme Court that the Kazaa software is a legal to use program is wrong. But, they say the court leaves no doubt that people that use such services to share copyrighted materials are acting illegally. No matter what country they are living in. Therefore, they are asking that Kazaa take some steps to do something about the unauthorized material that exists on their system.
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2. Explicitly notify Kazaa users that uploading copyrighted music without permission is illegal, whatever country they are in. 3. Filter KaZaa's service in order to protect copyrighted works from unauthorised distribution, transmission and copying. |
According to the report at Music Industry News, Allen Dixon, General Counsel and Executive Director of IFPI, said: "The Dutch judgement is flawed because it was based on a one-sided presentation of the facts as put forward by Kazaa. We believe that any full airing of the facts would produce a different decision - including in the Netherlands. In any case, this decision has no bearing at all on the single most important fact, which is that people who are distributing copyrighted music over such systems - and that means the vast bulk of all users - are breaking the law."
Source: Music Industry News
