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Monday, March 12, 2001

AOL GERMANY HIT WITH
COPYRIGHT LIABILITIES

Swapping Of "Beer Hall Polka" Deemed Illegal, Sudetenland Annexed
Online copyright problems are not restricted to Napster, as a regional court in Munich said that AOL Germany is liable for copyright infringement that allegedly occurred when subscribers swapped music through a service provided by the service provider.

German company Hit Bit Software sued AOL Germany in 1998 alleging its MIDI files were being traded through an AOL online forum, and in April, a German court found AOL Germany liable.

The court ruled Friday (3/9) that AOL Germany, which provided a forum three years ago that let people post and download material, must pay unspecified damages for those copyright infractions. The service has since been removed.

An appeal from AOL is expected.

 
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