Month: August 2022

Überraschung: Disney kündigt eine eigene Spielepräsentation an. Erstmals soll es einen Blick auf das neue Projekt von Amy Hennig geben. (Star Wars, Lego)

Nach kurzer Zeit verlässt Thorsten Dirks die Deutsche Glasfaser. Dies sei angeblich seit Langem so geplant gewesen. (Deutsche Glasfaser, Vodafone)

Was ist der Unterschied zwischen Displayport und HDMI? In einer kleinen Geschichtsstunde erklären wir, wie Bilddaten zum Monitor kommen. Von Johannes Hiltscher (Technologie, Display)

Vimeo is a New York-based video streaming platform that mostly targets business users.

The service has over a quarter billion registered users and monetizes its platform through subscriptions, pay-per-view videos, and advertisements.

Like many other online platforms, Vimeo is predominantly used for legitimate purposes. However, on occasion, its users also upload copyright-infringing content and if these videos are not rapidly removed, it can cause serious problems.

€8.5m Damages for Failing to Remove Infringing Videos

In Italy, these “copyright infringing” uploads resulted in a legal battle with local broadcasting giant Mediaset. Three years ago, this resulted in a win for the rightsholder, with the court ordering Vimeo to pay €8.5 million in damages.

Vimeo was held liable because it failed to take action against infringing TV content uploaded to the platform, roughly 2,000 copyright-infringing videos in this case.

The U.S. streaming platform followed up with a petition to appeal the verdict, but last week a panel chaired by Judge Gianna Maria Zannella confirmed the initial ruling. This means that the damages remain unchanged as well.

Court Rejects Vimeo’s Appeal

According to the Court, Vimeo can’t be seen as a passive intermediary. The platform has an “active role” that’s “comparable to a video on demand service” because “the audiovisual contents are precisely cataloged, indexed and linked with each other,” in order to create value for users.

The Court cites jurisprudence from the EU Court of Justice and states that Vimeo can’t simply hide behind safe harbor exemptions. The ruling is also in line with an Italian Supreme Court ruling, which concluded that Yahoo can be seen as an “active host” under certain conditions.

As a result of the ruling, Vimeo will have to be extra vigilant when it comes to potentially infringing content. The Court previously highlighted that fingerprinting tools and other upload filters might help to prevent further trouble.

All in all, the Court of Appeal ruling will further strengthen the position of copyright holders. It adds to earlier wins, including a recent decision against Cloudflare, which was ordered to make pirate sites unavailable through its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Ab Ende August kann der Odyssey Ark bei Samsung bestellt werden. Er ist 55 Zoll groß, hat Mini-LEDs und kostet eine Menge Geld. (Samsung, Display)

Die USA regulieren den Export von Software und weiterer Materialien für die Halbleiterproduktion. Die Beschränkungen zielen auf China. (Halbleiterfertigung, Technologie)

Die Umgebung des ukrainischen Atomkraftwerks Saporischschja steht unter Beschuss. 42 Staaten verlangen den Abzug russischer Truppen. (Atomkraft, Technologie)

Angesiedelt in J.R.R. Tolkiens Welt der Hobbits und Zwerge, basierend auf den Büchern: Weta arbeitet an einem Titel für übernächstes Jahr. (Der Herr der Ringe, Take-Two)

Von Datensammelwut und Data Lake zu Pragmatismus und Data Mesh - ein Kulturwandel. Von Mario Meir-Huber (Hadoop, Mesh)

Behörde von Selenskyj führte auch SPD-Fraktionschef als "Informationsterroristen". Debatte flammt nach Monaten wieder auf. Halbherziges Dementi aus Kiew.