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Jonas #3

I don't expect anybody around here reads Danish newspapers, so it's your luck that I do. This last week has been quite interesting in Denmark if cyberlaw tickles your fancies. First off, Danish news website Newsbooster got sued a while ago for deep linking to news stories on sites owned by the Danish Newspaper Association (basically the internet versions of the established Danish newspapers). The subject of linking and permissions has been treated previously here on mandarb. Newsbooster lost the lawsuit, so, the score is Lawyers and Big business 1 - The internet and netizens 0.
Then, a second sigthing of a coming monopoly was spotted in the area of radio broadcasted on the web. KODA, the Danish administrators of copyright issues for Danish and international artists, six-doubled the fee for web-broadcasted radio stations to play music administered by them. Within a short while, the Danish National Broadcast Radio (who holds a special contract with KODA) (DR) will be the only ones controlling the music on the Danish etherwaves. Lawyers and Big business 2 - The internet and netizens 0.