Hamburg Court: ISP to Reveal Data
am 20.10.2004 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. A Hamburg court granted the petition of a copyright claimant against an internet service provider to release customer data relative to an alleged copyright violation involving audio material, basing its decision on §101(a) of the Copyright Statute. It thereby pierced the veil of limited liability created by a special ISP statute in §§8 et seq. TGD, the so-called …
Milestone in Copyright Jungle
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Along the zigzagging course of German rulings through the jungle of contributory liability for copyright violations, the Frankfurt court of appeals set a milestone now available at Medien Internet und Recht. The December 20, …
Access to Data at ISP
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Piercing the layers of personal data protection in Germany, and much of the European Union, depends on the statute that applies to the origin, type and location of data. Generally, the law of personal information is person-cen…
Musical Fishing Expedition
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. A purported copyright owner of musical titles requested, with an emergency petition, from an internet access provider detailed contact information of its customer who operates an FTP server via a domain name and a dynamically …
Internet Survives Düsseldorf
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The buzz on German blogs is the newest decision on the liability of forum providers for visitor comments. The well-informed Berlin Blawg publishes the Düsseldorf Court of Appeals decision in the matter I-15 U 21/06 of Jun…
Royalties on Printers
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In 2001, the German Supreme Court in Karlsruhe, Bundesgerichtshof, ruled in favor of copyright royalties payable on scanners, and the revised copyright act extends the payment obligation to printing euqipment and other gear s…
LG Hamburg: ISP-Auskunftspflicht ggü Staatsanwaltschaft bzg. IP-Adresse
Kanzlei Dr. Bahr: Recht der Neuen Medien / Das LG Hamburg (Beschl. v. 23.6.2005 - Az.: 631 Qs 43/05) hatte darüber zu entscheiden, ob ein Access-Provider verpflichtet ist, der Staatsanwaltschaft Auskunft über eine IP-Adresse zu geben.Die Staatsanwaltschaft Hamburg hatte vom Access-Provider …
Sweat of the Brow: HTML
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Converting a clients ads from a text processor file to an HTML file, without more, is sweat of the brow-type work, not a copyrightable work under German copyright law, the Frankfurt Court of Appeals decided in the matter 11U64…
German iPhone Litigation
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. iPhone litigation in Germany is heating up. Monopolist iPhone seller T-Mobile lost its challenge to a July 28, 2008 injunction won by VoIP provider Indigo Networks, operator of the Sipgate service. The injunction bars the tra…
Double Trouble Hits Spammer
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / KR - Washington. Spam EMails violate various German statutes. Most commonly, a cause of action is based on the Unfair Competition Statute, UWG, of July 3, 2004, BGBl. I, p.1414, as amended on April 19, 2006, BGBl. I, p.866. On October 25, 200…
Ghostwritten Exam
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. A pointer at the Handakte blog notes a decision by the Cologne Court of Appeals confirming an administrative decision against a law student who failed her comprehensive finals. Todays court press release explains that the stud…
IP Address for Private Suitors
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The release of IP addresses by ISPs to private parties may be technically useless but in Germany, it can violate constitutional protections afforded Internet users. A May 21, 2008 order from the Frankenthal district court dis…
GPS Surveillance of Suspects
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Today, the Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe called GPS-based satellite surveillance of suspects by investigative services constitutional. In the matter 2 BvR 581/01, police had used a GPS system, and the intelligence so gath…
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