Porn Industry Sues the Blind
He's one of thousands in the lawsuit campaign against file-sharers, but he seems to be an unlikely candidate. He's legally blind and too busy with his personal life to ...
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AFACT Accused of Extorting ISPs to Import Three Strikes Law to Australia
Some interesting things coming out of Australia this week. It seems that AFACT (Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft) is attempting to pressure ISPs into implementing a three strikes law ...
PSN Outage: Day 9.5 – Sony Hit With Second Class Action Lawsuit
It was only two days ago that we learned of the first class action lawsuit against Sony in the wake of the PSN outage. Now, two days ...
Does a Supreme Court Ruling Kill the PSN Class Action Lawsuit?
The major PSN outage that saw 70-77 million users data compromised certainly was looking to be one of Sony's more expensive messes. With governments expressing concern over users identities ...
PSN Outage: Day 7.5 – Sony Hit with First Class Action Lawsuit
For those who have been watching the PlayStation Network (PSN) outage story, it was likely only a matter of time before someone would be resorting to litigation. Well, it's ...
Rights Holder Uses Non-Existent Law to Enforce Copyright
You'd think that someone who uses the law to enforce copyright would know the laws, at least, reasonably well, before they go threatening people with legal action. Apparently, in ...
300 Alleged BitTorrent Users Targeted By Porn Industry
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 ...
RIAA Cries Foul Over Tenenbaum Fine Reduction
It may be the least surprising reaction of the year, but the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) has said that they would contest the ruling that saw the reduction ...
“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 ...
2009 – A ZeroPaid Year In Review – Part 3 of 3
We wrap things up with the last third of 2009. Part one. Part 2.
September
September started off with the continuation of the Jammie Thomas trial where ...
2009 – A ZeroPaid Year in Review – Part 2 of 3
We continue with our 2009 year in review with part two of our three part review. Part one of three.
May
May started off with several stories pretty much ...
War of Words Erupt in Canadian Copyright Debate
It seems that the copyright debate is heating up more recently between Barry Sookman and someone from WIPO and several bloggers and experts on the subject of copyright.
When it comes ...
Price War Gets Ugly – Shaw Sues Competing ISP
For many in a particular area of Vancouver, it was the deal of a lifetime. High definition TV, phone and high speed internet connection for $9.95 a month. ...
US Govt Urges Judge to Reject Thomas’ Unconstitutionality Claim
When Jammie Thomas was fined $1.92 million for sharing 24 songs, the verdict sent shock waves throughout the world. Thomas' lawyers then appealed the decision based on ...
YouTube Sued for $13.9 Million for Copyright Infringement
It seemed like the lawsuits were finally over for the Google owned website. That hope of finally being legally in the clear was recently dashed when French music label ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Davenport Lyons Threatens to Sue Wikileaks Over Publication of Extortion Letter
Claims that the extortion letter is protected by copyright and cannot be posted online.
Late last year, Wikileaks obtained a copy of one of the extortion letters sent by the infamous ...
New Zealand Websites Go Black in Protest of Copyright Legislation
Three accusations. That's all it will take to have your internet disconnected in New Zealand.
Three accusations. Three assumptions of guilt. Is that enough to get your connection ...
