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French Government and ISPs Negotiating Who Foots Approx. $64 Million USD a Year HADOPI Bill

When it comes to enforcing a three strikes law, one of the more immediate things that don't come to mind is how expensive it could be to enforce. For ...

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New Zealand Three Strikes Law Debate Heats Up

The Law Society and lawyer Clive Elliott have come out to support a three strikes law saying that the punishment is no different than a driving penalty and that a ...


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Hadopi Mulling Mandatory Spyware to Help Enforce Three Strikes Law

Many questions have been raised on how HADOPI planned on enforcing a three strikes law. One particular question that really raises doubts on the possibility of enforcement is how ...

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New Zealand ISP Wants New Amendment to Verify Copyright Holders ID

A report has surfaced that says that an NZ ISP is having a hard time identifying where copyright complaints are coming from. That's OK, because sometimes that ISP couldn't ...

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Survey Suggests That 69% of File-Sharers Willing to Stop Over HADOPI

There's a rather strange statistic that is floating around and it originates from French media outlet 20 Minutes.fr. It says that a survey was conducted and found that 69% ...


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HADOPI Says It’s Ready to Enforce Three Strikes Law

It was September 24, 2009. France had adopted their three strikes law. While rights holders were happy that a European country has adopted a three strikes ...

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Records Fall As UK Movie Industry Profits Soar

It's not a well kept secret, but it is facts like this that copyright holders would rather keep quiet when discussing online piracy. This isn't the first time movies ...

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Swedish Copyright Collective – Technology Is Killing the Blank Disc Star

When was the last time you burned a CD or a DVD? If you haven't done that in a while, you aren't alone according to a copyright collective that ...

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Ministry of Sound Legally Threatens 2,000 Alleged File-Sharers

Mass litigation has commenced against 2,000 individuals accused of copyright infringement by Gallant Macmillan on behalf of record label Ministry of Sound. While this isn't the first mass litigation ...

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Pink Floyd Band Manager: Attempts to Stop People From Copying a “Waste of Time”

There's been no shortage of opinions on the issue of downloading music. From average citizens to activists to labels to mainstream to small time artists, just everyone affected by ...

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RIAA v. Tenenbaum – How Likely Is An Appeal Coming?

The has been some interesting developments in the RIAA vs. Tenenbaum case that may have some far reaching consequences. How far reaching wasn't clear until some paperwork surfaced with ...

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RIAA 2008 Litigation – Spends $17 Million, Recoups $391,000

In what shape is the litigation campaign for the RIAA? Evidently, it's far worse then we thought if the RIAAs IRS forms are anything to go by. If you were ...

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French UMP Members Having Second Thoughts on Three Strikes?

HADOPI in France allowed that country to be one of the first countries to pass a graduated, or three strikes law for alleged copyright infringers. Now, the same country ...

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Judge Declares Tenenbaum Fine Unconstitutional, Slashes it To Tenth

It's been a while since we were able to report on anything in the Tenenbaum case, but news has broke today that the Joel Tenenbaum case took an interesting turn. ...

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EFF Comments on the ASCAP Letter

Ever since the story broke that ASCAP was accusing organizations like Creative Commons, EFF and Public Knowledge, of undermining copyright, it set off a firestorm both in creative ...

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A Detailed Look at Bill C-32 – Canada’s Copyright Reform Bill (Part 4)

We are now over half way through reading through and analyzing Canada's latest copyright reform bill. While there have been many interesting ideas (many of which are, unsurprisingly, controversial), ...

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Report – UK Government Won’t Repeal Digital Economy Act After All

Yesterday, we reported that the government wants to repeal parts of the Digital Economy Act. Today, there was a conflicting report from a one site that says ...

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Digital Economy Act – Consumers to Foot the Bill for Enforcement

There's plenty of things wrong with the Digital Economy Act. One of the major flaws is that ISPs would have to pay for the cost of enforcing the Digital ...

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The Limewire Loss, Where to From Here? (Alternatives to Limewire)

With the loss of Limewire in court earlier this month, many are reflecting what was Limewire and the developer behind it. The next question is, where do ...

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“Hurt Locker” Producer Throws Temper Tantrum at Critic

Not too long ago, we reported on how producers of the film "Hurt Locker" were saying that they would sue tens of thousands of file-sharers for downloading the ...

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