Hey all,
Its a sad day today for filesharing in Belgium.
A girl was sued for sharing a song on kazaa that she had downloaded legally through drm. Because she had downloaded it through drm, they were able to track her or something. I guess the authorities are too stupid to think of Ip adresses.
What bothers me the most about this lawsuit is that the girl actually downloaded the song legally, and then got sued. Thats just too harsh.
This is the first lawsuit about filesharing in Belgium that I know of.
I hope that not many will follow...
Greetz
The problem arises where she shared the song. Unfortunately, being a leech is OK, but sharing isn't.
Who sued this poor girl?
"There is a very thin line between genius and madness"
~J.
got sued for something she downloaded legally? I don't get it...
maartendc
where did you get this information?
can you post the source?
me live in België too
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I believe it was for sharing the songs afterwards, not for downloading.Originally posted by method77
got sued for something she downloaded legally? I don't get it...
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She downloaded through drm? Is that some sort of site? Or do you mean she shared a DRM-protected file, which would not play for anyone else without a valid license.
Got a link to the story?
oops, hopefully it wasn't some ian vandel song, I feel sorry if it was,
She first downloaded a song legally through some site.
The song had drm on it.
She shared the song on kazaa
she got sued by the Belgian copyright organisation I guess, dunno what it is.
So instead of sueing people that download 100% illegal, she downloaded legal, but just shared it afterwards...
I don't have a link to a story, it was just on the Belgian news (getting sued for filesharing is still big news here)
Its a 16 year old girl who downloaded a song legally. And then shared it. The record company had put an unique "watermark" in each file that was downloaded. And so they managed to trace the girl.
The record company isn't going to sue the girl.
they only warned her.
here the source (in dutch)
http://www.hln.be/hln/art/pag/hln_in...m=1&artId=3609
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That is some sneaky tactics...Originally posted by mmmousetrappp
Its a 16 year old girl who downloaded a song legally. And then shared it. The record company had put an unique "watermark" in each file that was downloaded. And so they managed to trace the girl.
The record company isn't going to sue the girl.
they only warned her.
here the source (in dutch)
http://www.hln.be/hln/art/pag/hln_in...m=1&artId=3609
"There is a very thin line between genius and madness"
~J.
MMhz,
the radio told me she was going to get sued... Oh well.
A warning, pff, thats nothing... And it was a song by Peter from Idool 2003 LOL who wants to download that crap anyway???
And she was sharing it on kazaa... mmhz, i'll stick to shareaza and dc I guess...
Anyone who 'pays' for copy protected DRM fingerprinted crap and then shares it on Kazaa is an idiot and deserves to get caught.
if she had kazaa why did she pay 4 the download
i no u dont pay on kazaa but she cud ave downloaded it on kazaa (for free)
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