Report: File-Sharing Surges in Europe, Declines in US
Says BitTorrent and eDonkey are used most, and that MIT tops the list of university’s with most copyright infringing material on their network.
Anti-piracy company BayTSP has released its new “Online Trends & Insights” for 2008, and it offers up some interesting bits of data about the current state of P2P.
The report says that BitTorrent and [...]
Norway – Can the Copyright Industry Prosecute Copyright Infringers?
There’s an interesting case that is already developing in Norway. A film was leaked online and the copyright industry in the country demanded that police should take action. After being signalled that the police didn’t want to go after the user, the industry turned to the Norwegian courts. The unusual part? [...]
French Arts Community Revolts Against French Three Strikes Legislation
It seems that opposition is mounting against the return of France’s ‘Three Strikes Law’ (Also known as Hadopi). Today, there’s a dramatic increase to condemn the three strikes law from the people rights holders claim to defend – artists.
A blog posting that has already translated the news from French to English details the latest [...]
New Zealand Scraps “Three-Strikes” Law – For Now
Commerce and justice minister Simon Power says legislation needs to be revised to address additional public and govt concerns.
Following public outcry and the refusal of at least one ISP to participate, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has announced the government will throw out the controversial Section 92A of the Copyright Amendment (New Technologies) Act [...]
Legislation Introduced to Prevent Accidental File-Sharing
Informed P2P User Act intended to prevent people from accidentally sharing files on their computer by requiring that file-sharing programs first provide notice and obtain consent from users.
Legislation designed to protect people from privacy and security risks when using file-sharing software has been introduced in the House of Reps.
Sponsored by Reps Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), [...]
Massive New Artists Rights Coalition Launches – Takes Aim At Major Record Labels
Are you an artist tired of major record labels putting words in your mouth when it comes to suing music fans or deciding how much you get paid? A major new star-studded coalition has just launched recently to counter this.
In a move not seen since the launch of the Stephen Page founded Canadian Music [...]
Trent Reznor: ‘No wonder people steal music’
The NIN frontman rails against overpriced music in his band’s latest blog posting.
You know I think a band really shows its true character when it comes down to a battle over either profits or creativity. It’s when a band’s back is up against that the wall that their heart and soul really comes out.
Sure Metallica, [...]
Azureus – A Beginner’s Guide to BitTorrent Downloading
Easy step-by-step guide that will help you start downloading movies, music, TV shows, and more in no time at all.
The subject of much debate between those who regularly use the BitTorrent P2P protocol is what the best client server to use is.
Three are those who swear by uTorrent with it’s low memory footprint. [...]
File-sharers face legal onslaught
The music industry has launched a fresh legal assault on people accused of illegal file-sharing.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is taking legal action against nearly 2,000 song-swappers in 10 countries.
