New French ‘Loppsi 2′ Law Proposal to Allow Police to Upload Malware to File Sharers?
Currently, we only have a Google translation of the article, but if the translation came out right, is France really preparing to allow the government to upload spyware onto users computers? If this is true, it almost makes the HADOPI, or three strikes law, seem like nothing.
There’s an article posted on Le Monde recently [...]
RIAA Objects to Jammie Thomas Having Legal Council During Re-trial
There’s been small movements in the Jammie Thomas case, but recently, the US’s first file-sharing case to make it to the US court system and receive a full trial has surged back into the headlines. The reports suggest that the current legal council wants out of the case. When Thomas asked for new [...]
MPAA Accused of Anti-Trust Violations During RealDVD Trial
RealDVD creators, Realnetworks, is making headlines again during the trial over DVD copying software. The MPAA has been accused by Realnetworks of being a “price-fixing cartel”. All this during what has already been a very long trial where the MPAA wishes to prevent the DVD copying software from being sold in the United [...]
‘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 [...]
Swedish Bank to Freeze Accounts of The Pirate Bay Admins
One of the most talked about trials surrounding file-sharing today took a new twist. The bank in charge of the accounts of The Pirate Bay admins signalled that it would co-operate with an enforcement body and freeze them. All this while the administrators of the famous BitTorrent site is demanding a re-trial.
It’s a [...]
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? [...]
German Lawyer Speaks About Risks of Using One-Click File Hosters
At the end of last month, we highlighted a very interesting case where Rapidshare sent personal information to rights holders of an uploader who leaked the latest Metallica album prior to the release date. Gulli has been covering the case for quite a while and has now asked a German lawyer what his thoughts [...]
RIAA Loses Ability to Appeal in Jammie Thomas Case
The Jammie Thomas case has recently took a turn for the worse for the RIAA.
Is merely putting a song in a shared folder copyright infringement in the United States? That’s what the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was hoping for, but at seemingly the last possible moment, the precedent that would dictate such [...]
French Government Wants to Tax the Internet
It seems that the French government wants to treat the internet like a broadcaster and tax it accordingly.
French media website 01net is reporting (Google translation) that the French government has passed a first reading on legislation that would put a tax on the internet. The news follows France doing everything in their power to [...]
Best Buy to Acquire Napster 2.0 for $121 Million
The news may have been missed by some, but there is word that Napster could very likely be sold to Best Buy for $121 Million.
Napster has had quite a run with the media and Napster 2.0 seemed to make the headlines on a fairly regular basis with it’s supposedly revolutionary business model of a subscription [...]
