Danish Court Orders ISP To Block Access To Allofmp3.com
It emerged last week that a Danish court has delivered a fresh blow to illegal
music website allofmp3.com, in a ruling that will make it harder for users to
access the site. The court on Wednesday ordered the internet provider Tele2 to block its subscribers'
access to the illegal Russian music service. The action comes in the wake of the news that Visa has removed its services
from allofmp3.com, and follows on from a court ruling against it in Germany
and separate legal proceedings in several countries including Russia, Italy
and the UK. According to the International Federation for the Phonographic Industry: "Allofmp3.com claims to be licensed by a Russian-based society ROMS, but
ROMS has no mandate from international rights owners to license the site in
or outside Russia and under the copyright laws of virtually every country in
the world, including Russia, it is illegal to distribute recordings without
the permission of the rights owners." John Kennedy, chairman and chief executive of IFPI, which represents the recording
industry worldwide, commented: "This judgment is one more step along the road to getting this rogue site
closed down. Allofmp3.com illegally offers for sale copies of music that it
has no right to reproduce or distribute. It provides unfair competition to the
nearly 400 legal sites worldwide that respect the rights of composers, artists
and record producers." The case was filed in the enforcement court of the Copenhagen City Court on
13th July 2006 by IFPI Denmark, representing the Danish recording industry. .
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