IFPI Abandons “3 Strikes” Model for Danish File-Sharers
Written by enigmax on November 03, 2008Led by the IFPI, the music industry has continued its European tour to convince governments and ISPs to implement a ‘3 strikes’ model to deal with alleged file-sharers. However, recently leaked comments from politicians indicate that chances for Denmark to adopt the scheme are now dead.
It has been the grand plan for a while now. Rather than chasing individual file-sharers, the IFPI has been using its power to lobby governments and ISPs, in the hope that they can have the tough ‘3 strikes’ model implemented on a national level across Europe. Get caught once file-sharing, receive a warning. Get caught twice and have your Internet connectivity reduced in some way. Get caught three times and, if the music industry has its way, it’s goodbye Internet.
In common with many other countries, in September the Danish Ministry of Culture received proposals from the IFPI for the ‘Graduated Response Scheme’, aka ‘3 Strikes’. Now, according to Comon.dk, just a matter of weeks later, the possibility of Denmark adopting such measures are dead.
Comments from politicians which seem to indicate that the IFPI will not succeed in Denmark have been leaking out recently. This has forced the organization to accept defeat: “We have to deal with the political reality that there will be no 3 strikes [in Denmark],” said IFPI’s Jesper Bay.
Stating the obvious reasons why these proposals aren’t being welcomed across Europe, and have been wholly rejected by Danish ISPs, Jesper Bay notes: “3 Strikes is an extremely far-reaching solution and we have said that we must continue to discuss it. We still need to see proof of the allegations of legal security problems, as critics of the 3 strikes have put forward.”
However, the IFPI won’t give up trying to force through something in Denmark. “I think we can find a solution which the Consumer Council can live with,” said Bay, although if warning, limiting and disconnecting file-sharers is too much, there doesn’t seem many places left to go.
Not everyone from the IFPI is in favor of the ‘3 strikes’ proposals. Recently, Peter Schønning, a lawyer working for the IFPI, came out and said he wasn’t in favor of the model, which is notable since the organization usually speaks with one voice. Interestingly, up until March 2008 Schønning worked for the government’s Ministry of Culture as the head of Media, Author and Sport, with a responsibility for copyright law.
The IFPI’s Jesper Bay said he was unaware of Schønning’s comments and refused to comment.
Thanks to Peter_Pan
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31 Responses
first
I suck at life.
fuck IFPI
IFPI Fu*king sucks
good news 8)
The Pirate Bay is a slow, crappy piece of shit tracker.
way to go Denmark
nice
Totally OT:
Does Relakks start throttling traffic? Since a couple of days I only get shitty speeds on my connection, which was fine for more than a year beforehand (aside from the occasional downtime once in a while).
5#> What are you talking about ? no one except you have mentioned The Pirate Bay ..
On the contrary, in France, the right wing government is pushing for the 3-strike law. So, last week, the French Senate voted for the 3-strike law during the first lecture…!
In the beginning of 2009, it will be the turn of the other chamber (Assemblée Nationale) to vote for it.
Thanks to Sarkozy the puppet of the majors :-(
Surely, the IFPI gotta give up at some time.
They probably think that they’re superheroes… well, in that case they’d belong in this book >>> http://www.nlbelardes.com/blogger/uploaded_images/comicbook1-710644.jpg
give up with the 3 strikes stuff because your on the trail to an epic fail…
@7 and everybody else
I think that it is best not to be too enthusiastic about any of this. I do not believe that those who reject “3 strikes” are actually in favor of the private property rights of replication and distribution. I believe that the majority of those who are against it still believe that it is somehow “stealing,” and that it is just a privacy concern. This may be a small gain for us, but the war will not be won in the end with only people concerned about “security” matters, uncaring about file-sharing as a whole.
Roze
http://www.10ch.org/
@6, what the heck does TPB have to do with anything in this article? what are you talking about?
Good news, but dont get too happy all this means is that all the politicians in Denmark are not corrupt.., yet.
Politicians change, and these bastards are going to get new friends, what we can hope is that they make more enemies than friends or that P2P evolves faster than these idiots can make *enforceable* laws.
As for Sarkozy in France, he sucks monkey balls… make that dirty monkey balls.
http://www.eZee.se
#6 is a fuckin’ muppet…
@8 hahaha, good one!
IFPI are fucking insane for even hoping to make this reality. So many systems here in denmark are becoming more and more dependant on the internet. Most Banks let you access through internet to transfer money and make payments. The government itself(!) encourages people to submit certain tax papers through the internet, like “Forskudsopgørelse” and “Skattekort”. They stopped sending those tax paper by letter!…WE ARE ACTUALLY DEPENDING ON THE INTERNET FOR THIS…And these tax paper reforms was initialised by the government, it would be pretty ******* insane if they suddenly supported IFPI’s case about shutting people off the internet.
Good luck to people in France and New Zealand by the way. I feel sorry for you and hope you get a better government who actually sides with its people.
“I think that it is best not to be too enthusiastic about any of this. I do not believe that those who reject “3 strikes” are actually in favor of the private property rights of replication and distribution. I believe that the majority of those who are against it still believe that it is somehow “stealing,” and that it is just a privacy concern. This may be a small gain for us, but the war will not be won in the end with only people concerned about “security” matters, uncaring about file-sharing as a whole.”
Yeah, it is a small gain, but a gain nonetheless.
@19
I think that we need to look more in the long-term, though, since I hear so little speaking about it here. I think that it is important to think about how things can change in the long-term, and how long-term change can be effected, and ultimately the long-term strategy to get the best long-term results for file-sharing &c. I think it is best not to lose sight of what is ultimately good, and that is that all usage of copyrighted material be made legal when it is non-commercial and given proper ascription. The future of P2P and millions of other things (for copyright does affect millions of things) is what is at stake.
Roze
@6
No, its not. TPB has done more for P2P than just about anyother Tracker, so shut up.
@13
We all hope so, but I doubt it.
Good one Denmark. In England no one in public office has any balls any more. It’s all about lining each others pockets and having lush banquets. Revolution is long overdue. Seriously.
@22
Indeed, something important to happen is something like protest meetings. Unity against an enemy is key – have we unity yet?
Roze
im with the anger on this , lets bring back the death penalty for corrupt goverment employees (i wish thre would be plenty of jobs with the goverment in the uk if they cleaned house )
SHHH!!! They might catch on!!
I say, there seems to be a lot of morons here that think TPB is great.
It sucks I tell you. It’s slow, crappy, shitty and medicore.
Again: TPB sucks ass, dogs dick and all of your Mummas.
for #22: Remember remember…
So whats with the flood of trolls here as of late? If your going to take the time at least do it right. Fetid tapioca is in no way a suitable replacement for the formerly spongy gray matter that once filled your noggin. May I suggest lead instead? Sometime ago they developed an express delivery system.
Editorializing aside, it’s good to find that some countries have a bet of sense left when it comes to fair balance. To take what is nearly an essential tool away because one MAY have offended someone (likely with too much money already) by actually seeking to listen/watch their works without paying them due tribute and then *gasp!* promoting it to others if they happen to like it!
Oh look! It’s a faux intellectual nerd circle jerk!
Finally, a bit of good news from the danish front for a change. Yay Denmark!
There is someone in the IFPI called Jesper Bay? Oh, the irony. That is soo funny!
Ya! the entairtainement terrorists lost on this one.
Ther is no other way to put it.
“alleged file-sharers”
That line always gets me, there is no way LEGALLY they can tap into the packets your pc receives or sends out, so how do they know? They dont… They just accuse you and without proof thats slander, Virgin Media recently got taken to court by a close friend of mine who pretty much wiped the floor with them, he doesnt even file-share! Hes a journalist, so you see where im coming from right?
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