Last Thursday, November 8, in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies Commission on Communications and Information Technologies, the bill that would regulate the responsibility of Internet service providers (ISPs) was discussed.
For peace of mind to all those who represent and struggle for the respect of intellectual property rights, it was decided not to move forward with it, even though it already had half a sanction from the Chamber of Senators since 2016.
Known as the “Pinedo Act”, the bill intended to exempt ISPs from responsibility regarding content generated by third parties, imposing to the owners of infringed intellectual property rights the obligation to initiate legal actions to request the take down of the spurious contents. To subject the removal of pirated content to a previous court order would be tantamount to decreeing that the Internet is a liberated zone, given the amount of illicit material circulating on the web, the complexity and onerousness of judicial actions.
The initiative, which in its origin had as its motto to protect freedom of expression, resulted in its writing a flagrant violation of the intellectual property rights of constitutional roots and recognized in several International Treaties to which Argentina has adhered. We will continue working so that intellectual rights are protected as appropriate and that those who seek to parasitize the creations of others have the responsibility that they are responsible for.
If you wish to deepen this topic, contact Dr. Isabel Millé at isabel@mille.com.ar.