[A2k] IFPI Intimidation Campaign in Switzerland

[Daniel Boos]

Hi

We had an e-mail exchange with IFPI Switzerland about the letter to the
DJs. We published the letter and the exchange in our blog:
The exchange is in German.

Initial letter to the DJs from IFPI:
http://blog.allmend.ch/2007/02/16/details-zum-dj-vertrag-von-der-ifpi/
Direct link to the letter:
http://media.allmend.ch/diverses/ifpi/ifpi_dj-vertrag_und_brief.pdf

First Questions and answer:
http://blog.allmend.ch/2007/04/24/antworten-von-der-ifpi-zum-dj-vertrag/
Second Questions and answer:
http://blog.allmend.ch/2007/04/28/nochmals-nachgefragt-dj-vertrag-von-der-ifpi/

The revision of our copyright law is in the national parlament in the
next months. Information in French, Italien or German are online at:
G: http://search.parlament.ch/homepage/cv-geschaefte.htm?gesch_id=20060031
F: http://search.parlament.ch/f/homepage/cv-geschaefte.htm?gesch_id=20060031
I: http://search.parlament.ch/i/homepage/cv-geschaefte.htm?gesch_id=20060031

Regards

Daniel Boos
-- blog.allmend.ch


Manon Ress schrieb:
> --
> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> Re IFPI's campaign (from a private list).  Let me know if you want
> contact info for more info.
> Manon
>
> QUOTE
> SNIP:
>
> IFPI Switzerland www.ifpi.ch started an intimidation campaign against
> DJ's, sending registered letters and contracts they were meant to
> sign lest IFPI sue them.  IFPI alleged that DJs' use of copied CDs in
> their work violated art. 36 of the Swiss copyright law <http://
> www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/231_1/a36.html>. But art.36 only speaks of
> exclusive rights on the distribution of copies of supports, not of
> performing content from a copied support, for which DJs already pay a
> tax to Suisa.
>
> According to Eric Baumann's "Drohung an DJs wird zum Rohrkrepierer"
> <http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/dyn/news/wirtschaft/750751.html> article
> (1) in Tages-Anzeiger (May 11, 2007), most DJs just ignored the
> threats, none have been sued, and none have received a second warning
> so far.
>
> The difference between this intimidation campaign and IFPI's 2005
> "Game Over" campaign meant to  frighten private users into paying up
> for having downloaded copyrighted music - which is NOT illegal in
> Switzerland - is that IFPI trumpeted Game Over in well-publicized
> media conferences, whereas they don't even mention the "or else"
> letters to the DJs  on their website. Just hoping to discretely
> frighten  some DJ's into coughing up?
>
> SNIP
>
> IFPI Switzerland is also contemporaneously leading an aggressive
> lobbying campaign for the removal from the bill of the new version of
> the Swiss copyright law, of  the article specifying the restrictions
> of the interdiction of circumventing digital anticopy  measures.  The
> removal of these restrictions, i.e. making the interdiction of
> circumvention absolute,  would very seriously harm blind people's to
> information and knowledge (2). So the social usefulness of  a
> possible IFPI's defeat in court would go beyond the DJs' circle as well.
>
> END OF QUOTE
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