BPI Exec – Industry Shouldn’t Have Fought Napster
It may have taken 10 years for one executive to come up with this revelation, but the head of the British Phonographic Industry, or BPI, has recently admitted that the industry shouldn’t have fought Napster, but rather, engaged it. Who knows? At this rate, maybe another executive will think that the industry should [...]
Jammie Thomas Fined $1.92 Million for Sharing 24 Songs
It only took the jury a few hours to deliberate and weigh all the evidence. Jammie Thomas was originally sued for $222,000, but her new fine is now $1.92 Million. Some are already wondering whether or not such a fine is even constitutional.
The Jammie Thomas trial took a shocking turn for the worse. [...]
Jammie Thomas Re-Trial Starts Tomorrow
Jammie Thomas, a name that has become very familiar to many US file-sharers, has had quite a journey in the court system and it’s far from over now. Years of court arguments and legal wrangling have led her to now, a restart in her court case. Her new trial starts tomorrow.
Early on this [...]
Wind In Their Sails – Pirate Party Support Growing Nationally and Internationally
After effectively winning two seats in the European Election, it seems that support for the party has only grown both during and after the election on a national level and international level.
The support for the Pirate Party on an international level has sailed to historic record support in many places. The German Pirate Party [...]
MPAA Admits to Losing PR War to the ‘Enemies of Copyright’
The MPAA apparently said that the “enemies of copyright have really done a good job at creating the false premise that the interest of copyright holders and the interest of society as a whole are antagonistic” during the World Copyright Summit. The worry is that their pro-copyright advocacy perspective is fading away in the [...]
Canada Could Face Election – What About Copyright Reform?
It’s distinctly possible that Canada could face an election soon as opposition leader Michael Ignatieff ponders on whether or not to force an election. Whether or not an election actually happens, it’s important for man to look back on the track record on the topic of copyright law reform – we take an in-depth [...]
KPFA Radio Interviews ZeroPaid’s Jared Moya and Drew Wilson
Every once in a while, we are able to get an interview with someone who also knows a thing or two about file-sharing. Today, interestingly enough, the tables were turned and California’s radio station, KPFA 94.1 FM, interviewed us. The interview is currently available as in MP3 podcast format.
Recently, we wrote about the [...]
10th Anniversary of Napster This Month
Some may not know it, but June is an interesting month for file-sharer’s. This year, June marks a major milestone for file-sharers. It was June, 1999 when Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker released the first version of Napster – an application that has since changed the face of entertainment, the internet and copyright [...]
Music Sale Losses Due to Gaming, DVDs, Not P2P
File-sharing, for years, has been one of the copyright industry’s favourite scape-goat. Lately, British news sources have received a fresh dose of “studies” where the copyright industry through government officials have been saying how file-sharing costs British artists billions thanks to the millions of file-sharers in the UK. While the numbers have since [...]
French Military Called in to Shut Down SnowTigers.net
There was a major shutdown of a private BitTorrent website recently. The French military was apparently used to shut down Snowtigers. 10 people were arrested and frequent members and donators are said to be of possible concern into the investigation.
The report comes from 01net (Google translation). From the report:
With more than 250 [...]
