Germany is currently experiencing a warning wave. Between 10 000 and 20 000 users of video platform Redtube have received in recent days post from the law firm of U + C from Regensburg. In the letter, the person concerned is accused of copyright infringement by watching streamed content. But privacy advocates is mainly the question of how the firm came to the private data.
Where did the user data
the firm U + C came on the IP addresses of the Redtube users is unknown as yet. Initial reports suggest, however, that those responsible for the porn platform using the software “gladii 1.1.3″ monitored the traffic and the IP addresses of users filtered out. According to lawyers so that would be a violation of the Data Protection Act. After determining the data of the Berlin lawyer Daniel Sebastian procured via the Cologne Regional Court a decision on the issue of user data by the mobile operator Telekom.
exchange platform instead of streaming portal: An error of judgment
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As usual with warnings, the Court granted the personal data of users freely: “Through the unauthorized public access to the protected work on a so-called exchange market is an infringement of § 19 of the Copyright Act before”, according to the decision of the Telekom asked to hand over the addresses. The fact that it is a streaming portal and not a swap meet at Redtube, however, is not mentioned at all. The mobile operator was prompted by and gave names and home addresses of the connection owner as required in the law firm of U + C.
an exchange platform Redtube, however, has nothing in common. Users put on the website that is not protected content ready, but look at the movies only in the stream to. According to the lawyer John of dogs the “release of user data thus on an incorrect legal basis.” Based the casualty itself helps this fact, however, nothing, as well as false claims in court as a proof.
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