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It was the story of an e-mail heard around the world. You may remember Jérôme Bourreau-Guggenheim who expressed opposition in an e-mail to his member of parliament. That e-mail went back to his employer, TF1, who then promptly fired him because of his political views back in May. Now, Bourreau-Guggenheim is suing [...]

It seemed like there would be some form of judicial oversight after the three strikes law in France would have to go through a judge, but now there’s a new twist in the infamous HADOPI law. It appears that, on average, judges will be given 5 minutes to decide whether or not to disconnect [...]

There was a lot of reaction to the sale of The Pirate Bay. Many wanted their accounts deleted, others merely expressed disappointment. One report, however, points out a reaction of a different sort. As a result, the sale could stall.
One of the founders of The Pirate Bay suggested that one could buy [...]

Is an IP address sufficient evidence to prosecute an alleged file-sharer? This is a question that has been tackled by many in legal circles around the world. Some countries, including Canada, have court rulings that suggested that it wasn’t sufficient evidence by itself. In spite of this, ACS Law in the UK [...]

Late last month, accusations emerged that BNN, a Canadian broadcaster, was actively censoring the copyright debate through copyright means. A spokesperson today contacted ZeroPaid to deny these allegations saying that the accusations are “inaccurate and falsely accusing BNN”.
A user uploaded several clips of the copyright debate that took place on BNN. BNN then [...]

It may have taken a while, but the Pirate Party of Canada is finally on the road to forming. When asked about what’s currently happening, Jake Daynes of the Pirate Party of Canada said that the party is currently seeking membership to help give it some traction.
The manifesto of the Pirate Party of Canada [...]

GGF CEO says BitTorrent seeders would be compensated for making content available to others.
This past Tuesday was a sad day of sorts for the BitTorrent community after Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay announced it was sailing into safer waters and going legit.
Global Gaming Factory X AB (GGF) bought the site for over $16 [...]

Says ridiculous that that each time a phone rings in a public place, the phone user has violated copyright law.
A few weeks ago we mentioned how the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) had taken AT&T to court arguing that phone ringtones are a “performance to the public” under the Copyright Act [...]

Darknet BitTorrent-based P2P application introduces trusted source capability so you can add a feed of new friends and thus create “private trackers on steroids.”
OneSwarm, the darknet BitTorrent-based application that was released this past February by researchers at the University of Washington, has now released version 0.6.2 that adds several new features, most important among them [...]

While a few NZB sites have been targeted before, this may be the first time a service that offers UseNet access has been dealt with a blow. In court, UseNet.com has lost their case against the RIAA. The case has been going on since 2007.
“While others claim to have huge download limits,” UseNet.com [...]

An easy-to-use reference guide for those looking for how to download content from Usenet newsgroups.
This is a follow up guide to one from a few days ago in which I discussed what Usenet newsgroups are and what’s needed to begin downloading content from it. In this guide I’ll walk you through one of the programs, [...]

Call it ironic if you will, but there’s a report surfacing that a Canadian broadcaster is taking down YouTube clips that debate copyright because of copyright violations. A blogger watching this unfold figured that because the debates show the copyright industries stance in a bad light, the broadcaster wants to suppress the clips.
There are [...]

The admins of The Pirate Bay have stressed that in order for the Bay to stay alive, they need to adapt the site to a legitimate one, selling the site for $7.8 Million in the process. While some users showed their support for the infamous website, others are already jumping ship, demanding that their [...]

Global Gaming Factory X AB acquires Swedish BitTorrent tracker site and pledges to formulate a “new business model” that will satisfy the “requirements and needs of all parties, content providers, broadband operators, end users, and the judiciary.”
Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay is in the news again today with news that it’s been sold [...]

Takes on YouTube by certainly offering copyrighted material as it does with its BitTorrent tracker site.
After a two-year stint in Beta the guys behind Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay have launched the Video Bay “Beta extreme,” a You Tube-style video streaming site that will perhaps eventually offer copyrighted content in the same manner [...]

There were plenty online who were arguing that the judicial system in Sweden was corrupt after accusations flew over bias in both the original judge and the judges deciding the bias charge. Now, a debate is re-emerging in Sweden over whether or not judge affiliations should be checked before they tackle cases.
There are no [...]

If you want one of the most confusing messages you can find in the Canadian copyright debate, this may be it. After calling on the government to immediately reform copyright, ratify WIPO and pour resources into “combat[ing]” the “scourge” of piracy and after the news hit a number of major news sources including ZeroPaid, [...]

An easy-to-use reference guide for those looking to get started with Usenet newsgroups.
Usenet is one of the oldest computer network communications still in use, having been first conceived way back in 1979 by a pair of Duke University graduate students to basically post messages as a sort of public bulletin board system.
As I’m sure [...]

Downloadable games, flash-based games, and sites that sell physical copies of games with rating greater than MA15+ (suitable for 15yos) would be blocked, even for adults.
Australia’s ridiculous plan to censor the Internet gets more ridiculous by the day.
It all started as a voluntary effort to “protect children,” but quickly spiraled into an all out [...]

Of which it claims only 4,000 have decided to settle rather than fight the charges in court.
The attorney in charge of the RIAA’s P2P enforcement program, Matthew J. Oppenheim, submitted written testimony in the case of Andersen v. Atlantic Recording recently in which he claims the RIAA has only “contacted” a little over 18,000 [...]