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Responds to recent poll that found file-sharers spend an average of £75 ($123 USD) annually on music purchases versus £44 ($72 USD) for non-file-sharers.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has responded to the recent Digital Music survey conducted for Demos, a UK-based think tank, and as usual it claims the net effect [...]

BitTorrent client will throttle upload speed when network congestion is detected, diminishing the need for ISPs to throttle BitTorrent traffic as part of network traffic management practices and saving them billions in the process.
ISPs have long been throttling BitTorrent traffic as part of their network traffic management practices due to the constant baseline pressure that [...]

Third quarter Threats Report says the number of new file-sharing sites illegally hosting copyrighted material has skyrocketed since a Swedish judge ordered an ISP to cut off bandwidth to BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay 3 months ago.
McAfee, Inc., the world’s [...]

Had initially told students it would turn over the names of people accused of illegal downloading to copyright holders, but realizes it’s not obligated to do so under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and says it will simply warn them instead.
Brooklyn Law School seems to be in need of some remedial education concerning copyright [...]

Spend an average of £75 ($123 USD) annually versus £44 ($72 USD) for non-file-sharers, proving once again that file-sharing actually increases music consumption.
A new Digital Music Survey(.pdf) conducted by Ipsos Media Ct for Demos, a UK-based think tank whose goal it is to “search for and communicate ideas to give people more power to shape [...]

Easy-to-use guide will show you how to rip, download, and convert video from Facebook or simply embed on other websites.

Study investigates increasing use of file-sharing software to make non-open access (NOA) journals, ones requiring payment, available to other medical professionals online.
Oftentimes the debate over the illegal use of P2P software is framed around copyrighted media like movies and music, and never about the exchange of important data like that consumed by medical professionals.
Ken [...]

Junior staff member accidentally leaks “Committee on Standards Weekly Summary Report” that details ongoing ethics panel investigations of 33 lawmakers.
People involved with sensitive govt information still just can’t seem to realize the importance of keeping it away from contact with file-sharing software.
Earlier this year it was reported how a US Defense contractor employee had inadvertently [...]

Search results for new music discovery service display 4 streaming tracks, and links to videos, news, and images, but is certain to disappoint those expecting something revolutionary.
Google has finally rolled out its new “Discover Music” platform that I first mentioned late last week.
Done after apparent urging by the music industry, the scheme is that Google [...]

Gottfried Svartholm-Warg and Fredrik Neij told they must shut down the site or pay a 500,000 Swedish kronor ($71,297 USD) fine, nevermind the fact that neither they nor site are located in Sweden.
The Stockholm District Court took Swedish BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay’s fight against its conviction for copyright infringement to the next level yesterday [...]

Four different parties have been invited to bid on the Swedish BitTorrent tracker site including the troublesome Global Gaming Factory (GGF).
According to Swedish business paper Dagens Industri’s sources, four parties are interested in purchasing Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay and each have been invited to submit a bid to the site’s investor foundation [...]

Though claim just doesn’t hold water.
You have to wonder just how frustrated entertainment industry lawyers really are with Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay.
For years now they’ve been trying to shut the site down, and despite having finally won a conviction against them for copyright infringement this past April, it’ll most likely be around [...]

Nevermind that profits have been skyrocketing since 2005, and that it’s enjoying yet another year of record profits.
Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures, had a few choice words in an op-ed published on the Times Online recently that discussed piracy and its effect on the movie industry, but what he says just doesn’t [...]

Drops “Amendment 138″ from Telcoms Package that would’ve prevented member countries from disconnecting file-sharers from the Internet, replacing it with much weaker provision that opens the door to “three-strikes.”
In a huge blow to the freedoms of European Union citizens and as an apparent gift to the lobbying efforts of multinational entertainment corporations, the EU Parliament [...]

Stephen Timms highlights its important social, commercial, and economic benefits, but doesn’t say why it’s still okay to disconnect entire households under a three-strikes regime where the most egregious file-sharers – for whom the law would intended – can easily elude copyright holders anyways.
The UK’s Digital Britain MP Stephen Timms made some interesting comments in [...]

Execs starting to think of new ways to “capture the value” of their online content.
Video-streaming site Hulu was founded by NBC Universal, News Corp., The Walt Disney Company, and others back in 2007 as legal alternative to illegal streaming sites like TVLinks or QuickSilverScreen.
“Hulu’s mission is to help people find and enjoy the world’s premium [...]

Mocks the recent official release of Windows 7 by showing people gathered around food, laptops out, and ready to use their favorite BitTorrent client and tracker site to download a copy for free.
As most of us here already know, Windows 7 was officially launched last Thursday the 22nd. I, and many others, have been [...]

Must prevent Dutch users from being able to access copyrighted material, and was given 3 months to remove a list of torrents from the Swedish BitTorrent tracker site.
A Dutch court has ruled against Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay, ordering that it immediately begin preventing Dutch users from accessing copyrighted material on the site, [...]

Says criminals will turn to encryption to avoid detection and “make prosecution harder because it increases the workload significantly.”
Law enforcement is the latest UK group to criticize Business Secretary Lord Mandelson’s “evolved” plan to to disconnect repeat file-sharers from the Internet.
Both police and the country’s spy services, MI5 and MI6, are concerned that the [...]

Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) blasts proposed network neutrality regulations, says content creators don’t want the feds interfering with how they deliver content to consumers.
Some people just don’t understand what network neutrality is all about and Rep Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) definitely falls into that category.
For she gave a speech at function sponsored by the Safe Internet [...]