The reports of P2P’s death remain greatly exaggerated
It is not often that one gets to see justice, of a sort anyway, happen so quickly. Just Thursday, The Economist magazine, one of the most influential and widely read business news publications in the world, published an article and corresponding editorial crowing about how the problem of piracy in the music industry was coming [...]
Sony BMG Accused of Music Piracy – Assets Seized
There’s some breaking news surfacing out of Mexico. Police have raided a property, seizing thousands of CDs which contain unauthorized music. Sounds like a pretty plain news story had it not been an operation related to Sony BMG.
For our regular viewers, the headline may give you a sense of de-ja-vu. Well, it’s [...]
US Web Hosting Company Sued for Contributing to Infringement
You would think that the DMCA safe harbour provision would protect a web hosting company from the actions of their customers. That’s not what a judge and jury found as one web hosting company was dinged $32 million for hosting a website with trademark infringing material.
Prosecutors are calling it a landmark decision when they [...]
Irish Pirate Party Opposes Eircom’s Decision to Block Pirate Bay
Just days after Irish ISP Eircom decided to block the Pirate Bay as part of a “settlement” in court with the copyright industry, the Irish Pirate Party showed their disapproval over the decision.
Should an ISP block website because of a complaint by a corporation or an organization of corporations? This could be one question [...]
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, [...]
Report – Windows 7 is ‘Practically Made for Pirates’
We’re not entirely sure who would be more upset, copyright holders who have been desperately trying to install a three strikes regime everywhere in the world or Microsoft after they receive a lawsuit from those same copyright holders. It’s unlikely that, in the face of the MGM vs. Grokster case, that Microsoft will exactly [...]
Pirate Party Finland Officially Registered as a Political Party
Just like the UK Pirate Party, the Finnish counterpart has officially been registered as a political party.
It seems that the movement of the pirate party keeps sailing on. Less than a week ago, we reported on the Pirate Party becoming an officially registered party in the UK. Now, it seems that the Finnish [...]
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 a number of factors including saying that the award was unconstitutionally high. Now, the US government, namely the Department of Justice (DoJ), is stepping in to [...]
Australian Law Proposal to Turn ISPs Into Copyright Cops
There’s a disturbing new development in Australia. A law proposal was disclosed to the public that would get ISPs to spy on the contents of all communications to monitor for compliance. Presumably, the amendments would get Australian ISPs to monitor their networks for p2p activity and hand all their information to copyright holders.
If [...]
Aussie ISP Wants to Ban P2P Traffic on Off-Peak Hours
When it comes to Australian ISP stories, Australia isn’t exactly void of a number of horror stories. Things like particularly low monthly bandwidth caps and only being able to download during certain hours of the day to name a couple comes to mind. Now, one Australian ISP wants to further push out all [...]
