The chance that copyright owners are going to try to of Dutch Popcorn Time users to demand compensation appears to have become a bit bigger.
According to Tim Kuik, Director of stichting Brein that stands up for the interests of rights holders, the ' corridors ' whispered that right holders from the movie corner think about punishing users. The first actions would follow in the short term.
There is according to Kamath, who spoke this morning at radio station BNR, no question of a collective action from Brain itself. "We give still prefer education." However the Director that the rightholders in more and more "water to the lips is". According to Kam comes this among other things by the arrival of Popcorn Time.
Hefty grain of salt copyright owners can try civil proceedings to claim damages. The copyright holder gets to the internet service provider of the user, with the request to receive data.
The provider must weigh what importance is greater, that of the user or the relevant owner. For example, the question of how widespread the person has used the service. That the entitled "the water to the lips" State does not play a role, says ict-lawyer Arnoud Engelfriet.
Such a civil proceedings, in which a user has to pay thousands of euros in damages, would be a major change of policy.
If this is really going to happen remains to be seen. According to edge we need to the statements made by Kam with a hefty grain of salt. "He has also interest in to scare people, so they are not going to use Popcorn Time. I think it is a disposable note. "
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