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RIAA’s VP of Strategic Data Analysis Issues Statement On Megaupload Shutdown

RIAA's VP of Strategic Data Analysis believes that the shutdown of Megaupload and other P2P file sharing sites is mandatory and will decrease file sharing. Truthfully, it will upset many. Megaupload's ...

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French Report – Legal Punishment for Filesharing as Severe as Manslaughter

One of the criticisms of copyright laws has, for some time, been that the punishment is far too severe for the crime being committed. This debate is nothing new ...


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NZ Government Faces Disconnection As a Result of Three Strikes Law

With New Zealand three strikes law in place, some might wonder who could be one of the first victims might be. It turns out that it could be none ...

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Hollywood Wins Court Case – ISP Ordered to Block NewzBin2

While major entertainment corporations are working hard at censoring the internet in the United States through the PROTECT IP Act, it corporate sponsored censorship has already become a reality in ...

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Judge Slashes Jammie Thomas Fine to $54,000

The case is at least 4 years old now, but that doesn't mean it's over. Jammie Thomas trial was described as a "first of its kind" trials where a ...


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300 Irish Internet Users Wrongfully Receive First Strike Notices

False accusations have long been a subject for those sceptical of a three strikes law. Given the complexity of tying an IP address to a subscriber is much too ...

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Global P2P Traffic to Double by 2015, Decline by Percentage

Though would decline to 16% from current 40% as demand for consumer video services like Netflix surges. Global online video community expected to increase by 500 million users. Global ...

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New Zealands Three Strikes Law was Pushed, Bought and Paid for by the US – Wikileaks

The slow trickle of leaked diplomatic cables from Wikileaks may not be in the headlines as much as it was when it started, but revelations keep pouring out of the ...

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HADOPI Blamed for ISP Rate Hikes in France

The goal of The High Authority for the Protection of works on the Internet (HADOPI) is to stop piracy, but French internet users are learning that the only thing HADOPI ...

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Wikileaks: MPAA, RIAA and BSA Lobbied for HADOPI

Wikileaks has been releasing plenty of new details on how the US views the world. Amongst the interesting tidbits of information buried inside Cablegate was what role the MPAA, ...

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Why the US Government Attacking Wikileaks is a Bad Idea

Wikileaks was dominating the headlines last week. In fact, it was kind of hard to miss the news story about the Wikileaks diplomatic cables because all one really had to ...

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An Experiment in “Red”

One of the frustrating issues for analysts of the file-sharing phenomenom is that so much of what we know, or think we know, about it rests not on ...

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CRIA, Why Canada Can’t Have Nice Things Like Pandora

If you ever wanted the real story on why innovative music services cannot exist in Canada, you couldn't ask for a more modern story then Pandora's relationship with Canada. Pandora is ...

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Finger Pointing In Scene Begins While University Is Included in Topsite Busts

New details are emerging from the bust we reported yesterday. It turns out, a major Swedish university was involved in the crackdown. All this is emerging ...

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Australian Net Filter Dead?

Not a lot of news is happening in Australia lately regarding the mandatory web filtering. So we decided to find out if anything has happened lately. Turns out, ...

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Scam Artists Use HADOPI to Steal Users Money

News has surfaced that warning letters, allegedly from HADOPI, are being sent to an untold number of French citizens who are accused of copyright infringement. The problem? Neither ...

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How Much Could an American Three Strikes Law Cost?

Not too long ago, we reported that, if government comments and documents are correct, HADOPI could cost around $64 Million USD. Ever since I published that, I ...

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Ubisoft Backs off Highly Strict DRM and Uses Steam

The always on DRM which forces gamers to have a 24 hour internet connection to play their games may have lost a major supporter. After the fiasco of the ...

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Peter Sunde of The Pirate Bay Says Torrents Aren’t the Future

Peter Sunde of The Pirate Bay gave a speech not too long ago in Mexico discussing many things including the history of him and The Pirate Bay. There was ...

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French Government and ISPs Negotiating Who Foots Approx. $64 Million USD a Year HADOPI Bill

When it comes to enforcing a three strikes law, one of the more immediate things that don't come to mind is how expensive it could be to enforce. For ...

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