Copyright Infringement could Twinge Cloud Computing

Grazed from CloudTimes. Author: Saroj Kar.

The digital economy is experiencing rapid growth driven by broadband penetration; parallel computing power and storage capacity continue to grow. These developments contribute to the emergence of global markets content for the benefit of rights holders, but also create a new threat – copyright, which could seriously harm the creative industries.

The intellectual property rights are central to share innovations, stimulate creativity and strengthen consumer confidence. But the digital world is in a new challenge – how to find a good balance in a context where the consumer and creator merge, where the marginal cost of copying is zero, where it is extremely difficult to enforce existing legislation and where many consider the access free as a right…

A recent report from the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) raised concerns that Australian copyright laws could be stunning the country’s growth of cloud computing market.

The report titled “Copyright and the Digital Economy,” highlights the potential for new and emerging cloud computing services to infringe copyright, or enable their customers to infringe copyright.

With the reference to copyright case of the Optus TV Now service, the report noted that if the court verdict doesn’t go Optus way, it could suspend users to watch football marches on AFL (Australian Football League), the NRL (National Rugby League) and Australian mobile device provider Telstra…

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