We wrote about a decision in May in which the Tel-Aviv District Court found that music download site Unidown.co.il enabled and encouraged copyright infringement and ordered Israeli ISPs to block access to the site (the “Unidown” case). A month later, the Court seems to have overturned itself. In April, the English High Court ordered UK ISPs…
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Tel-Aviv District Court Orders ISPs to Block Access to Music Download Site Unidown.co.il
In a recent decision, the Tel-Aviv District Court found that music download site Unidown.co.il enabled and encouraged copyright infringement. The Court ordered Israeli ISPs to block access to the site (NMC United Entertainment Ltd. v. Bloomberg Inc. 33227-11-13). Unidown allows users to download music directly from YouTube. YouTube is licensed to stream copyrighted media and…
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Understanding Cloud Computing Agreements
“Cloud computing” is a relatively recent buzzword, which dates back only to the mid-1990s and has gained in popularity over the past 10 years. The concept however dates back to the mainframe computers of the 1950s. Today, cloud computing refers to the sharing of a centralized server and software resources that are accessed via the…
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