The European Commission is attempting to coordinate IP...
The European Commission is attempting to coordinate IP protections “by focusing on non-legislative strategies” in a 10-point plan (http://bit.ly/1rIjoRr), said Jeremy Malcolm, Electronic Frontier Foundation senior global policy analyst, in a blog post (http://bit.ly/1mYX56Y) Thursday. Malcolm focused on a provision…
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within the plan that could forbid advertisers or intermediaries from accepting payment from or posting advertisements on infringing websites. Based on other commission documents, the “'follow the money'” strategy “extends to anyone accused of infringing copyright on a ‘commercial scale,'” which “potentially includes an incredibly broad swathe of non-commercial activity,” he said. “Deprived of the ability to receive money from donations or advertisements to cover hosting expenses, popular sites that host user-generated content may have no choice but to close,” he said. “Our press release [http://bit.ly/1pTlCtb] which accompanied the action plan makes clear that we are not trying to follow a punitive approach as suggested in the article here but a more balanced approach,” said a commission spokeswoman.