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Can vBulletin closing in Spain?

Even knowing all the secrets that led to the kidnapping of web addresses and rojadirecta.org rojadirecta.com and its junction with U.S. law (and hoping for accurate analysis such as that offered insurance Jorge Bells ), today I read the companion article Alejandro Touriño on the status of this matter and has assaulted me a question, is it possible abduction of a domain in Spain although the web activity, or its directors, do not be criminal according to the English courts?

Specifically Alejandro says:

"This is because American law, unlike the English, provides, among other enforcement measures on intellectual property, the closure of web sites containing Links to content protected by copyright . "

First, it is undeniable that links to websites, sites that their servers do not store the works, or simply provide the vision concerning the place from which issues the original signal a sports broadcasting, as in this case, not infringe intellectual property rights being responsible if such a violation, if any, people that put that content online.

Therefore, not exist a direct path to accountability to the service provider of the information society for links to work to third place on the Internet. To derive this responsibility, understood in an economic sense first essential requirement would comply with the provisions of the Article 17 of the Law of Services of the Information Society and therefore a competent organ injury detected a third party's right and make it known to the provider, in this case the web of links.

But secondly, and here my disagreement with the statement of Alexander, the English intellectual property law does provide for measures that may involve a service interruption of the information society.

In this sense it is necessary to note the contents of Article 138 , third paragraph, of the IPA as amended in the reform of 2006:

Both measures specific cessation referred to in Article 139.1.h as precautionary measures provided for in Article 141.6 may also be requested, when appropriate, against intermediaries whose services are used by a third party to infringe intellectual property rights recognized in this law, although the acts of such intermediaries not in themselves constitute a violation, without prejudice to the Law 34/2002 of 11 July, services of information society and electronic commerce . Such measures must be objective, proportionate and non discriminatory.

And the measures that referred to in Article 139.1.h are

The suspension of the services provided by third-party intermediaries to avail themselves of them to infringe intellectual property rights , without prejudice to the Law 34/2002 of 11 July, services of information society and trade mail.

is, to suspend a service of the Information Society is not necessary that web links that would be the intermediary, in activity infringe the intellectual property of anyone, (as has been reiterated judges and will continue to) just to supply a third of those services for that violation, the judge may take as a suspension of services.

In a case such as that discussed the fact is that, apparently , sporting events are broadcast in streaming by third parties without the appropriate rights for this , and what those third parties who infringe the intellectual property rights . On that such conduct is a violation of intellectual property rights are either judicial or doctrinal disagreement.

therefore gives the first condition to enable it ordered the interruption of service is that a third party unconnected to the web infringes intellectual property rights using for this purpose, to relay, the activity of a service provider of the information society.

thus be possible that this request was brought before a judge and the adoption of the suspension service, as the law allows. Obviously kidnapping may seem disproportionate domain but that will be based on judicial discretion according to the facts that the parties may cite in their writings and timely hearings.

it should be noted that the measure can be directed against any of the services brokers socidad information that is both the host and who has managed the domain, so that in principle the site would block possible from different pathways.

Another important thing, and probably explain the underuse of this approach is that the application Article 138 does not enable rights holders to seek compensation or compensation for the violation of their rights and that such conduct can not be attributed to the administrators of the site, simply limit the extent to suspension of service.