real discrimination
Een bericht over de lobby van de muziekindustrie voor langere bescherming in Europa. "European recording companies are pushing to extend terms of copyright to nearly 100 years to be more in line with U.S. law. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, or IFPI, which represents European music labels, is calling on the European Commission to bring the issue to EU countries, which will consider the matter sometime next year, according to IFPI spokeswoman Francine Cunningham. "From a cultural point of view, we find it strange that European artists are protected more in the U.S. than they are back home," she said. "We feel there is real discrimination here." lees meer in Wired.
Vonnis Rechtbank Amsterdam, 16 juni 2005, LJN: AT7612, 317128 / KG 05-1040. SBS tegen MTV en Quote Media Holding, over het al dan niet mogen publiceren van de programmagegevens van de drie SBS-zenders (SBS6, Net5 en Veronica) in het door gedaagden uit te geven wekelijks tijdschrift 
In principle, file-sharing software is a innovative and promising technology, however, many P2P users are making unauthorised copies not only of music, but increasingly also of video and software...It is difficult to establish a basis to prove a causal relationship between the 20% fall in overall revenues experienced by the music industry between 1999 and 2003, but digital piracy may be an important impediment to the success of legitimate online content markets. Trek
Noot bij Rb. Den Haag 2 maart 2005 (Uitgevers / De Staat). Computerrecht, pages 143-148, 2005.