Further Doubt Cast on UK Copyright Industry P2P Statistics
Late last night, we touched on statistics that were posted about file-sharing as the copyright industry sees it. While the copyright industry claims that this is just further evidence that points to a need to disconnect people from the internet in the UK, there has been an increasing number of people that think that [...]
UK Copyright Industry Wants to Use Pop-Ups to Stop File-Sharing
Using the strikingly flawed logic that everyone connecting to a file-sharing network is automatically a copyright infringer, the UK copyright industry wants the government to force ISPs to use pop-up windows to inform users that they are accessing a website that presumably has unauthorized content.
One may call it a new weapon against file-sharers who are [...]
Conference Board of Canada CEO Speaks Out
Battered by a publicity backlash that they may not have anticipated, the CEO of the Conference Board of Canada offered some interesting comments about the IP reports. While there were comments that talked about how this is the first time the Board has ever recalled a report, another interesting comment was that they (the [...]
Famous Swedish Writer – Why I’m Voting Pirate Party
Freedom of expression, digital rights and privacy in a digital era. How many people knew topics like that would be a critical election issue in Europe 25 years ago? At first, the movement to bring these issues to the forefront started on someone’s personal website, but now a famous Swedish writer is throwing [...]
Conference Board of Canada Recalls IP Report
After publishing a report that suggested that Canada was the piracy capital of the world, Michael Geist noticed that the report was plagiarized. Since then, the board stood by their report in spite of intense questions from the public. Now, the final nail in the coffin of those reports – the Board has [...]
German Report – Copyright Industry Retreats Lawsuit Against Filesharer
When a file-sharer was issued a cease and desist letter, a German court was asked to give a default judgement against the user. The file-sharer countered the claim, thus forcing the copyright industry lawyer via the German courts to substantiate their claims. The result? The lawyers withdrew their claim.
One of the akiles-heel’s [...]
Conference Board of Canada Pirates Report to Call for Tough Action Against Piracy?
Michael Geist may have uncovered one of the most revealing pieces about the copyright lobby in Canada. Said Geist about the Board’s report, “this work would face possible plagiarism sanctions in almost any academic environment”
The thorough posting by Michael Geist even has a side-by-side comparison of the reports to prove the point as well [...]
French Minister – Three Strikes Law Would See 1000 Disconnections Daily
The French Culture minister said that the French Three Strikes Law could disconnect 1,000 users per day once it takes effect. All this is happening while the law is before the Constitutional Council to see whether or not the law violates constitutional law. A decision is expected in the next 28 days.
There’s another [...]
Swedish Government Wants to Force ISPs to Retain Data for 6 Months
A newly leaked government report is suggesting that the Swedish government is planning on implementing a new law that would force ISPs to retain all user information for a period of six months. the Swedish minister stressed that nothing is set in stone regarding this, but a theory is already being put forth that [...]
‘Study’ By Online Music Licensing Org – File-sharing Makes Pop Music More Popular
Does file-sharing help make pop music popular? That debate has been going on for years, but a study appears to have sided with those that believe that file-sharing is helping to feed the popularity of the copyright industries popular signed acts. Of course, it’s less surprising when the source of the study sells [...]
