Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:06 pm Post subject: Searching for MP3 Files is illegal in Holland
The record industry has welcomed a Dutch court ruling against a website that provided links to MP3 music files.
The Zoekmp3.nl site, run by Techno Design, was shut down after the decision by the Dutch Court of Appeal.
It ruled that the site was breaking the law by providing links to illegal MP3 files on the internet, even though it did not host the content itself.
The music industry organisation, the IFPI, said the ruling was a boost to the global fight against piracy.
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The latest decision overturns a 2004 ruling by a lower court in favour of Zoekmp3.nl. It had ruled that search sites like this one did not breach copyright.
Zoekmp3.nl had argued that it did not host the content itself and carried a warning to users not to breach copyright.
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