Clearing house copyright: Germany is entering the era of network blocking

[Chewy_fox]

Germany recently had a new and possibly powerful body that is supposed to take action against copyright violations. Because in the copyright clearing house, copyright owners and Internet providers want to work together and initiate network blocking .The clearinghouse for copyright on the Internet (CUII) has a somewhat awkward name, but it could provide a lot of discussion in the future: Because this own information according to "independent body" was founded by Internet access providers and rights holders "in order to have it checked according to objective criteria, whether the blocking of access to a structurally copyright-infringing website is lawful ".

As described on the CUII websiteA three-person review committee comes into play here, which deals with applications from rights holders "and recommends, if the requirements are met, a DNS block for this structurally copyright-infringing website". The recommendation must always be made unanimously. It is pronounced "only in the case of clear copyright infringements" and then forwarded to the Federal Network Agency, which ultimately decides on a block.

As the FAZ reports, an alliance of providers as well as companies and associations from the music, film, sports and publishing industries is behind the CUII. The focus is on all imaginable content that is illegally copied or streamed, i.e. films, series, sports streams, software, games and the like.
 

Cat and Mouse game

Despite a supposedly bureaucratic procedure, blocks should be reached within eight weeks. According to the FAZ, around a hundred pages could disappear from the German network via DNS blocks in the first year. According stealth providers like Burning Series, Goldesel.to, myGully.com, KINOX, Serienstream.to and Movie4k are probably high on the hit list of the CuII.

How effective the CUII is remains to be seen, because it will certainly develop into a cat-and-mouse game in which domains will be changed and mirrors will be used. 

Edited May 21, 2021 by Chewy_fox

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