MPAA’s Anti-Piracy Dogs Visit Another Elementary School
Lucky and Flo’s North American "education" tour continues to teach children how to respect the copyrights of the multi-billion dollar entertainment industry when somebody should be teaching them how to read and write instead.
At at time when many of our elementary school students are suffering from a lack of basic math and reading skills, what [...]
Britain – Growing Calls Emerge to Make Phorm Opt-In
After being criticized for being illegal by many including FIPR, now there is growing calls by others to make Phorm opt-in instead of opt-out to conform with British privacy laws.
ZeroPaid has learned that two entities have joined calls to make technologies like Phorm opt-in instead of opt-out. Phorm is an Internet Service Provider side [...]
Another Fed Judge Says KaZaA’s ‘Shared Folder’ isn’t Distribution
New decision deals another major blow to RIAA’s “making available” theory that simply putting music in KaZaA’s “shared folder” constitutes copyright infringement.
In Atlantic v. Howell the RIAA lost another major court battle yesterday when federal judge Neil V. Wake in Phoenix ruled that simply placing music in KaZaA’s “shared folder” does not by [...]
Radiohead: ‘No More Free Albums’
Frontman Thom Yorke calls it a “one-off response to a particular situation.”
Six months after Radiohead shocked the music industry by letting fans decide how much to pay for their album “In Rainbows” the plan has become fairly accepted as a practical means of connecting with fans while still making money and better still [...]
German Secretary of Culture Wants to Cut Off File-sharers from the Internet
It hasn’t been looking good for the three strike policy in Europe to cut off file-sharers from the internet, but that isn’t stopping one politician from Germany from demanding that file-sharers should be banned from the internet.
In the same vain as the Irish music industry suing Internet Service Providers for copyright infringement. According to [...]
BBC America Shows Now Available on iTunes
Starting today, customers can purchase single episodes and complete seasons of Torchwood, Little Britain, and Robin Hood.
The BBC has announced that BBC America programming will now be available for purchase and download from Apple’s iTunes Store in the US. Starting today on iTunes, customers can so far purchase single episodes and [...]
Irish Record Industry Sues ISP for Illegal File-Sharing on its Network
Angry over its refusal to use Audible Magic to voluntarily filter copyrighted material from its network.
Early last week it was reported that Eircom, the Ireland-based ISP, had formally rejected claims by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) that it be held responsible for any instances of copyright infringement that may occur on its [...]
Canadian Copyright Symposium 2008 – Speaker List Dissected
Howard Knopf is known to many Canadians as a lawyer who successfully defended the file-sharing lawsuits in Canada a few years ago. So, when it was discovered that he had been uninvited, there was general outrage in pro-consumer circles. So how does the symposium shape up now? ZeroPaid investigates.
A list of speakers [...]
eMule Beta Testing – Responses From the Community
A few days ago, we reported on eMule going into beta testing. We went to eMule to discuss things like how the test was going and how this will affect the many mods of eMule.
There was a lot of excitement in the eMule community with word that a new version of the main eMule [...]
Metallica Now Embraces File-Sharing?
New interview says that they’ve been “observing Radiohead and Trent Reznor,” and that for its next album fans can expect “everything in terms of possibilities with the Internet.”
It was back in 2000 that Metallica discovered a demo of its song “I Disappear,” which was supposed to be released in combination with the Mission: Impossible [...]
