[x-pubpol] Norway : Proposed amendments to Act no. 2 of 12 May 1961 relating to copyright in literary, scientific and artistic works (Copyright Act)

[Joly MacFie]

    Via Rudi Vansnick



*Van: *<ENTR-TRIS-MAILING at ec.europa.eu>
*Datum: *5 oktober 2011 06:16:43 GMT+02:00
*Aan: *<rudi.vansnick at isoc.be>
*Onderwerp: **New notification 2011/9012/N *

 Title :
Proposed amendments to Act no. 2 of 12 May 1961 relating to copyright in
literary, scientific and artistic works (Copyright Act) - measures against
illegal file-sharing and other copyright infringements on the Internet.

Category :
Internet services

Summary :
The proposal contains measures against copyright infringements on the
Internet and is part of the ongoing overall revision of the Norwegian
Copyright Act.

        This proposal regarding copyright infringements on the Internet has
three main points - the two first points are clearly related:

        1. The first proposal is to give right holders the opportunity to
monitor and store IP-addresses which have been used for copyright
infringement. Today, this activity requires a concession (license) from the
Data Inspectorate. According to the proposal such concession is no longer
needed, but those who monitor and save data have to report their activity to
the Data Inspectorate.

        2. The second proposal is to introduce new regulation in the
Copyright Act regarding access to the identity behind an IP address which
has been used for copyright infringements. The proposal clarifies the
procedure for courts to follow when considering to impose an ISP to reveal
the identity behind such IP address to the right holder. After a judicial
decision right holders can get access to the identity of the holder of the
subscription that has used the IP address at the time of the infringement.

        3. The third proposal is to introduce new regulation according to
which ISPs can be imposed to hinder access to web sites where copyright
evidently and extensively is being infringed. The proposal contains two
alternatives regarding which authority that should decide such an
injunction: The Norwegian Media Authority or the courts of general
jurisdiction. This proposal clarifies the Norwegian implementation of the
Copyright/InfoSoc Directive (2001/29/EC) article 8.3.

We will inform you when the draft text is available on our web site.

More details at the following address :
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tris/nview.cfm?p=2011_9012_EN_EN


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