ACTA has been called many things over the years since it was first leaked online, but an all around failure was certainly not one of them until until the last few months.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been one of the biggest topics of discussion in the realm of internet user rights, intellectual property discussions [...]
Princeton senior investigates what kinds of files are available on mainline public BitTorrent tracker sites.
We all know BitTorrent is currently probably the most popular way for people to share files online, but not clear is the type and nature of those files. Sauhard Sahi, a Princeton senior, decided to answer these questions.
“Sauhard chose a [...]
Warns that Digital Economy Bill, as written, will only “hasten the migration away from P2P” as people develop tools and applications to evade anti-piracy measures.
Carphone Warehouse chief executive Charles Dunstone is calling for the Government to come to its senses over its threat to disconnect illegal file-sharers from the Internet.
Dunstone was speaking at [...]
Spokesperson also tells audience at the Congressional Internet Caucus’ State of the Net conference that there are “many conversations going on at different levels” about disconnecting repeat file-sharers in the US.
Last week the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee hosted the 6th Annual annual State of the Net Conference as part of its regular attempts [...]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tells reps from the MPAA that it plans to “target the new threats enabled by the Internet in the same way that we have targeted ‘hard goods’ in the past.”
The federal govt seems to be buying into the hair brained MPAA notion that illegal file-sharing is supporting terrorism and criminal [...]
Which?, the largest consumer body in the UK, receives dozens and dozens of letters from people claiming to have been falsely accused of illegal file-sharing.
Which?, the largest consumer body in the UK with over 650,000 members, is reporting that more than 150 innocent people have received warning letters so far from ACS:Law, a UK-based law [...]
Ipredator offers safe, encrypted communication between you and the Internet for only $7 bucks a month.
Last March I mentioned how BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay would begin Beta testing a new VPN service called Ipredator which would allow file-sharers to download copyrighted material anonymously.
The name Ipredator is a spin on the Swedish Intellectual Property [...]
After having offered to settle the case with Jammie Thomas for as little as $25,000, down from the $1.92 million original verdict, and from the most recent $54,000 judgment reduction on appeal.
Last Friday the case of accused file-sharer Jammie Thomas grew more complex after Judge Davis of the United States District Court lowered the original [...]
Worse still, ISP emphasizes it doesn’t verify infringement claims, that it only forwards warning letters from copyright holders who themselves have no way of knowing what individual is truly responsible.
More than a year ago the RIAA declared “peace in our time” and supposedly ended – cases still abound more than 1 year later – [...]
Judge Davis of the United States District Court lowers $1.92 million verdict against Jammie Thomas, the first person convicted of illegal file-sharing in the US, from $80,000 per song to $2,250 per song, saying “statutory damages must still bear some relation to actual damages.”
In an all too surprising verdict, Judge Michael J. Davis of the [...]
