Give and Ye Shall Receive! The Copyright Implications of BitTorrent

Authors

  • Bob Rietjens Ribbert Van der Kroft Advocaten, Amsterdam.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2966/scrip.020305.327

Abstract

BitTorrent is a new type of P2P technology with which users download small pieces of a file, and then start uploading these small pieces to each other. This essay analyses whether using BitTorrent amounts to infringement of copyrights or related rights in different European jurisdictions. Although the essay will look specifically at BitTorrent, the arguments in this essay may apply to other P2P programs with similar technical properties.

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Published

01-Sep-2005

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 3 (2005): Volume 2

Section

Research Article