# Could you be sued for allowing others to access your subscription services?

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/02/06/could-you-be-sued-allowing-others-access-your-subscription-services/
- Published: 2009-02-06T10:02:31+00:00
- Author: Finbar Cullen

The latest edition of Pinsent Masons’ OUT-LAW News (www.out-law.com) reports that
The Financial Times is suing investment group Blackstone over using one access account
for many users. The FT claims Blackstone encouraged staff to avoid paying for multiple
subscriptions to its services. The FT stated in court documents that it believed
an account set up by a senior Blackstone employee in 2002 was used to access thousands
of articles on the FT website, “far more than an individual would normally access”.
The FT is claiming for copyright infringement and for offences under computer fraud
and abuse laws.

 

“Intellectual property law expert” Kim Walker of Pinsent Masons, said that publishers
could take action in the UK on a similar basis.

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I guess that it might be worth checking with suppliers. If a single user subscription
is taken out for a named individual, beware of allowing multiple use access.

 

 

Finbar Cullen

 

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