Web Hosts Hit With $32 Million Judgment For Content 202
mikesd81 tips news that a California jury has found two web hosting companies liable for "contributing to trademark and copyright infringement" after hosting web sites that sold counterfeit Louis Vuitton items. Both companies are owned by the same man, Steven Chen, and are being ordered to pay $32 million in fines. A similar judgment for $61 million went against eBay last year for facilitating the sale of counterfeit Louis Vuitton merchandise.
"The US District Court for the Northern District of California is expected to issue a permanent injunction banning the internet service providers from hosting Web sites that selling fake Louis Vuitton goods in the future, the company said. Attorneys for the luxury goods maker said in a statement that the case is the first successful application on the internet of the theory of contributory liability for trademark infringement. Under this theory, companies that know, or should know, that they are enabling illegal activities have an obligation to remedy the situation. Entities that fail to do so, as Louis Vuitton alleged in this case, can be held legally responsible for contributing to the illegal activities."
When are we going to build that giant spaceship (Score:4, Funny)
...and put all the lawyers, hairdressers and managers in it?
Re:ruh roh (Score:1, Funny)
yay - finally a non-dude!
Chen, to lawyer: "So do I have a case? ..." (Score:5, Funny)
Guess all ISPs will come to Nepal then! (Score:2, Funny)
Heck, come on down, you can find a great ISP for less then 100USD per year and do whatever the heck u want to do. The servers are all located/mirrored in the US, so speed is great, and there are no restrictions. Oh, by the way, we get all our Louis Vuitton on the street here, there are vendors almost 24x7 selling stuff there, no shipping and handling required.