Greatest. Legal. Response. EVAR!

[docwebster]

Dreamworks SKG tried to get a website named "Pirate Bay" to stop calling themselves that. The response?

NOT WORK SAFE! Language, y'know.

Comments

[bunyip.livejournal.com]

I like it. :)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

good on them!

[linnea4.livejournal.com]

you know.. that looks great and all... however...

both the US and Sweden are Signatories of The Berne Convention, that covers copyright. Copyright owners control reproduction rights of their material, not only in the country of origin, but also in countries who are signatories of the Berne convention. If I'm reading it right, that means, unless they have permission to reproduce the movie, they are violating International treaties. Even if they are in Sweden.

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Article 9

(1) Authors of literary and artistic works protected by this Convention shall have the exclusive right of authorizing the reproduction of these works, in any manner or form.

(2) It shall be a matter for legislation in the countries of the Union to permit the reproduction of such works in certain special cases, provided that such reproduction does not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work and does not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author.

(3) Any sound or visual recording shall be considered as a reproduction for the purposes of this Convention.
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WIPO was also signed by both countries, and specifically mentions distribution.

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Article 6

Right of Distribution

(1) Authors of literary and artistic works shall enjoy the exclusive right of authorizing the making available to the public of the original and copies of their works through sale or other transfer of ownership.

(2) Nothing in this Treaty shall affect the freedom of Contracting Parties to determine the conditions, if any, under which the exhaustion of the right in paragraph (1) applies after the first sale or other transfer of ownership of the original or a copy of the work with the authorization of the author.

Article 7

Right of Rental

(1) Authors of

(i) computer programs;

(ii) cinematographic works; and

(iii) works embodied in phonograms, as determined in the national law of Contracting Parties,

shall enjoy the exclusive right of authorizing commercial rental to the public of the originals or copies of their works.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply

(i) in the case of computer programs, where the program itself is not the essential object of the rental; and

(ii) in the case of cinematographic works, unless such commercial rental has led to widespread copying of such works materially impairing the exclusive right of reproduction.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a Contracting Party that, on April 15, 1994, had and continues to have in force a system of equitable remuneration of authors for the rental of copies of their works embodied in phonograms may maintain that system provided that the commercial rental of works embodied in phonograms is not giving rise to the material impairment of the exclusive right of reproduction of authors.

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comments regarding article 7

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Concerning Articles 6 and 7

As used in these Articles, the expressions "copies" and "original and copies," being subject to the right of distribution and the right of rental under the said Articles, refer exclusively to fixed copies that can be put into circulation as tangible objects.

Concerning Article 7

It is understood that the obligation under Article 7(1) does not require a Contracting Party to provide an exclusive right of commercial rental to authors who, under that Contracting Party's law, are not granted rights in respect of phonograms. It is understood that this obligation is consistent with Article 14(4) of the TRIPS Agreement.

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(this is what I do when I should be doing laundry and cleaning.)

Later,

Helen

[havoknkaos.livejournal.com]

I suspect the infringement isn't "Pirate Bay", but "Shrek 2 RiP (MYTH)". Just a guess, having watched Shrek 2 and perused the website.

Not a bad selection, but suprnova.org is better. :)

[docwebster.livejournal.com]

Innit, though?