ACTA Falling Apart?
ACTA has been called many things over the years since it was first leaked online, but an all around failure was certainly not one of them until until the last few months.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been one of the biggest topics of discussion in the realm of internet user rights, intellectual property discussions [...]
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 Thomas appealed her $80,000 fine. Amongst other arguments, the fine seemed to be arbitrarily selected.
After a ThePirateBay Mixtape of all the songs Joel Tenenbaum was fined for, an [...]
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 happening at the exact same time. One of those stories was the increase in support for municipal broadband by major tech companies. Project Greenlight, the [...]
2009 – A ZeroPaid Year in Review – Part 1 of 3
2008 was an interesting year in file-sharing and 2009 didn’t necessarily disappoint. There was plenty of ways to look at it, but there is one way one can look at the year – eventful. ZeroPaid reviews 2009.
January
2009 kicked things off with a bang with the ever ongoing Australian plan to filter the internet. [...]
RIAA Member Lawyer Blames Joel for ThePirateBay Mixtape
Interesting new development in the Tenenbaum case. After ThePirateBay posted the DJ Joel Mixtape, a torrent of the songs Joel was sued for ($675,000 in damages), the development made it’s way into court documents. Plaintiffs were apparently not impressed saying, “despite the verdict and a clear finding of willful copyright infringement by Defendant, [...]
PPUK – Why the Price of Justice is Too High for File-Sharing
Last week, the UK Pirate Party officially became a political party in Britain, this week, they have posted an interesting commentary on the price of justice if every file-sharer in the UK was caught and brought before the courts.
Already, one UK minister said that a so-called “three strikes” law is too draconian back in June, [...]
ESA Canada – Canadian Gaming Industry Grew Without TPM Law
A recent op-ed in the ongoing copyright consultation in Canada by Danielle Parr of ESA Canada suggests that TPMs prevent piracy and somehow lead to more consumer choice.
Not that the arguments aren’t self-defeating or are a departure from reality, but those are among a number of arguments being made for a blanket ban on circumvention. [...]
NPD Group Study Shows Increase in Online Download Sales
When it comes to the ratio between physical album sales and digital download sales, digital download sales have increased at the expense of physical CD sales. That’s not to say that CD sales are falling out of existence, but there seems to be a trend where sales are gradually going online even though most [...]
The DOC Supports Expanding Canada’s Fair Dealings
Fair dealings is a very hot topic for debate in Canada. While a select few, namely Barry Sookman, don’t support any expansion on fair dealings, there is a growing chorus of people who support expanding fair dealings in some way. The more recent organization to support an expansion on Fair Dealings is the [...]
Manitoba Music Industry Association Shuns CRIA Stance on Copyright
It may be history repeating itself. When CRIA pushed for Bill C-60, many Canadian labels who were, at the time, members of CRIA, broke away from the organization, saying that they were against suing music fans and against the blanket ban on circumvention. Recently, during the round table in Saskatchewan on the issue [...]
