Anti-Piracy Czar to be Created in US Congress
On the heals of a critical victory for file-sharers in the United States, a new turn is unfolding that may be seen as a critical setback should it ...
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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 ...
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 ...
New Zealand and Germany Reform Copyright Laws in 4 Days
Internet Service Providers and the copyright industry weren't the only ones busy on the copyright front these days. New Zealand reformed their copyright laws which was followed up by ...
Patry – British Copyright Industry’s New Perverse Copyright Theory
When one makes makes a private copy of a copyrighted work for non-commercial purposes, many Americans think of fair use and end the debate. In Britain, the copyright industry ...
Blizzard Sues Autoplay Bot Developer for Copyright Infringement
In an interesting case being reported by a number of sources, Blizzard Entertainment is suing the maker of ...
Europe Targets US Over Piracy
The United States is frequently seen as an enforcer of copyright laws. Recently, it seems as though Europe is demanding that the US holds up their end of the ...
Bill Patry – Israel Fighting IIPA Over WIPO
Bill Patry from Google has an interesting post regarding the tension between the country and the International Intellectual Property Association over not implementing the WIPO treaties. He ...
ZeroPaid Interviews Russell McOrmond – Part 2 of 3
In part 1 of the three part interview with Russell McOrmond, there was discussion on topics such as ISP liability, privacy, and Michael Geist. Part 2 continues ...
Open Rights Group Urges on Fight to Stop Copyright Extension
Two years ago, copyright extension in the UK was shot down. Now copyright extension is not only back in the spot light for the British, but it ...
Broadcasters Reject Canadian DMCA
On the heals of Jim Prentice echoing sentiments of major record labels (video, via Michael Geist) during a question and answer period, the Canadian Association of ...
Warner vs. Seeqpod – Testing The DMCA Safe Harbour Provision
The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) is pointing to the Warner v SeeqPod (PDF) copyright complaint, suggesting that the safe harbor provisions in the DMCA (Digital Millennium ...
German Government – Data Retention is for Terrorists, Not Copyright Infringers
Last year, ZeroPaid reported on the German music industry saying it would sue 1000 file-sharers every month in the year of 2007.
This crackdown on copyright infringement ...
Study: Windows costs $21.50 extra in “patent tax”
According to a calculation done by the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLA), users of Microsoft Windows are paying as much as $21.50 more for each copy of the operating system ...
Recording industry gets tough with file-sharing lawsuits
Charged with illegally downloading music ranging from gospel classics to Snoop Dogg’s “Back Up Off Me,” two Middle Tennesseans have been sued in the last month by the ...
RIAA defendant argues damages are excessive
A defendant in one of the RIAA's many file-sharing lawsuit will be able to argue that the damages sought by the RIAA are unconstitutionally excessive. The defendant in ...
MPAA: “you can’t convert your own DVDs”
The MPAA takes another swipe at fair use rights and aims to stop users from being able to convert DVDs that they own.
In another nonsensical move by the MPAA, ...
File-sharing suit names Tucson man
A Tucson man is one of 72 people named in federal lawsuits filed nationwide this week charging defendants with illegally downloading music.
According to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District ...
Taiwan police shut down website for movie piracy
Taiwanese police have shut down a website in Taiwan suspected of pirating movies by uploading them to its servers and making them available to users of a P2P (peer-to-peer) file-sharing ...
Perspective: The farce behind ‘Digital Freedom’
Last month, the Consumer Electronics Association and other groups announced a "Digital Freedom" campaign that latches onto the concept of fair use--supposedly to benefit consumers.
Seems like a worthwhile effort. But ...
