copyright

In the area of copyright, the Krone law firm is happy to help you at any time, for example if you have received a warning or your copyrights have been violated by third parties.

The law firm Urmann and Collegen (U C) drew national attention in 2015 by sending mass warnings to users of the website www.redtube.com due to (alleged) copyright violations.

Many of these users are now wondering what they should do.

Basically, you should pay attention to warnings and not just leave them alone. This also applies in this case.

But what exactly should you do? This is particularly questionable here because the copyright infringement is not “clear”.

In addition to the usual problems of assigning the infringement to the user via the IP address and the associated uncertainty, it should be noted that copyright infringement within the meaning of the Copyright Act (UrhG) requires reproduction, distribution or similar.

When watching a video, for example via Redtube, a so-called film-on-demand process takes place, ie the film is stored, usually in the user's cache, so that the user can watch the film and also rewind and forward.

From a legal point of view, this constitutes a reproduction, which, according to the Copyright Act, is solely the responsibility of the author. So this could constitute the copyright infringement in question.

What is controversial here is whether involuntary storage in the cache is sufficient for copyright infringement.

In this respect, it is advisable to seek legal help in order to be able to raise all possible objections to the warning.

If you are affected by the current wave of warnings due to the use of the Internet portal RedTube (streaming portal), you can contact Mr. Krone in Hann at any time. Münden turn. We advise you discreetly and competently.

But we are also happy to help you with all other problems relating to warnings on the Internet.