It seems that the porn industry is currently ramping up its anti-piracy efforts after filing lawsuits against 300 individuals accused of copyright infringement. The lawsuits were filed by Millennium ...
Brazil is wrapping up a consultation and it is apparently going out wit a bang. A coalition of 28 academic, educational, consumer, musical and digital cultural organizations have called ...
There's a major battle brewing between the French government and the French ISPs. A line is being drawn and it's about the money. While this was foreseeable thanks ...
News has surfaced that warning letters, allegedly from HADOPI, are being sent to an untold number of French citizens who are accused of copyright infringement. The problem? Neither ...
We have been interviewing Russell McOrmond. The interview is in three parts. Parts 1 and 2 are already available. We now conclude our ...
After all the problems with the famed French three strikes, Security General for HADOPI, Eric Walter, has publicly commented that the letters are coming out imminently.
It was during an online ...
We are currently in the process of interviewing Russell McOrmond, a well known observer of Canadian copyright and policy consultant. You can read part 1 here.
In the ...
About two years ago, we interviewed a Canadian consultant to discuss various issues surrounding copyright. It was a fascinating interview and here making his return is Russell ...
Earlier this month, we noted that officials working within ACTA are saying that September is when the negotiations will be finalized. Another report has surfaced that seems ...
Last Thursday, we broke the story that the Czech government was drafting a copyright bill that would legally gut the usability of Creative Commons. Since then, we've ...
Earlier this month, we noted a development where a French citizen managed to trademark HADOPI faster than the government. Now, we have the great opportunity to interview ...
Normally, we wouldn't make fun of a website for being insecure, but we can make an exception in this case. It turns out, the website for the French National ...
Just shortly after Stevie Nicks said that the Internet has destroyed rock, the founder of Elektra Records, an RIAA record label according to RIAA Radar, says that music ...
If you ever thought that no one would ever actually legally attack Creative Commons and, if they did, you'd hear about it, consider this the article you "hear about it". ...
Open licensed music isn't entirely new. Artists seeing the pitfalls of copyright isn't entirely new either. But what is interesting is to see a German music outlet distribute ...
Not too long ago, we reported that, if government comments and documents are correct, HADOPI could cost around $64 Million USD. Ever since I published that, I ...
It's very difficult to say HADOPI is a sound solution to copyright infringement, but it's also even more difficult to argue that it will somehow magically be enforceable. In ...
The dispute over geographical indicators pretty much stalled negotiations in ACTA - one of the worst kept secrets on the international trade fronts - is reportedly now on the fast ...
Peter Sunde of The Pirate Bay gave a speech not too long ago in Mexico discussing many things including the history of him and The Pirate Bay. There was ...
Last month, YouTube prevailed in the Viacom vs. YouTube case. Under the ruling, YouTube does indeed qualify for the DMCA safe harbor provision. Today, Viacom served ...
