College Allows File-Sharing for Students Who Ace Copyright Law Test
Missouri University of Science and Technology, in Rolla, enables P2P access for 6 hours on a user’s on-campus registered PC if they get a perfect score on a copyright infringement quiz.
Inside Higher Ed is reporting what has to be the most unconventional “carrot and stick” approach to illegal file-sharing on a college campus that I [...]
Japanese Man Behind P2P Virus Receives Suspended Sentence
Gets no jail time despite the fact that the virus deleted movie and music files on PCs using the Winny P2P file-sharing network.
Early last year I reported how a P2P trojan was making the rounds on Winny, the Japanese P2P file-sharing network. The trojan deleted a wide variety of file types and replaced them with [...]
eMule MorphXT Gets an Update – Version 11.0 Released
Usually when a major update happens on a main project of an open source program is live, any modifications (mods) end up going through an upgrade as well. This is exactly what has happened with one of the most well-known mods in the eMule community – MorphXT.
When a developer opens the source code to [...]
The Return of the Broadcast Flag
It may be an issue that hasn’t made the headlines in the last four years, but a controversial kind of Digital Rights Management (DRM) appears to be making a return to the spotlight. The broadcast flag has made a return and this time, it appears to be bi-passing regulators altogether.
Stories about the DRM embedded [...]
Spain, Greece Face Epidemic of Piracy?
Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus releases its “Priority Country List” of nations who have failed to “modernize” their copyright laws.
Senator Gordon H. Smith and Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., co-chairs of the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus (IAPC) today released their “Priority Country List” today in order to highlight “…some of the most pressing problems [...]
The Pirate Bay Files Complaint Against Swedish Cop Employed by Warner Bros
The world’s largest BitTorrent tracker site also reports Warner Bros as well for "bribing the police."
Last month I reported how Jim Keyzer, the Chief Swedish police investigator in a preliminary investigation against The Pirate Bay for suspected copyright infringement, is now an employee of Warner Bros.
Keyzer had a leading role in the prosecution against [...]
RIAA Must Pay $107,834 in Legal Fees
Largest attorneys’ fees ever awarded in a P2P-related case.
The RIAA will have to pay $107,834 in legal fees as a result of a failed lawsuit, a US federal judge has ruled. For two years, running until June 2007, the RIAA pursued a case against Tanya Andersen, accusing her of illegal file [...]
Judge in First File-Sharing Trial: ‘Oops, Maybe You Do Need Actual Distribution’
Says that federal rulings that “making available” music in a “shared folder” doesn’t constitute copyright infringement may mean that Jammie Thomas could get a new trial.
In light of a series of recent federal court rulings that have determined that simply putting music in a KaZaA’s “shared folder” doesn’t in itself constitute copyright infringement, [...]
uTorrent – A Beginner’s Guide to BitTorrent Downloading
Easy step-by-step guide that will help you start downloading movies, music, TV shows, and more in no time at all.
For most people getting started with the whole “BitTorrent downloading thing” can be pretty intimidating. Sure maybe some of you had practice with Napster or KaZaA back in the day, but times have changed. [...]
eMule Version 0.49a Released
eMule, a well known non-BitTorrent open source client has released a new version. Version 0.49a, now out of the beta testing phase, has a number of promising features.
Last month, Zeropaid reported on the new version of eMule in Beta Testing. Just days after our report, we reported on the responses from the community. [...]
