UK Court Rules Blank Nintendo DS Cartridges Illegal
Building home brew video games for the Nintendo DS (and any form of modding for that matter) just got a lot harder for UK residents. A UK court ruled ...
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HADOPI Says It’s Ready to Enforce Three Strikes Law
It was September 24, 2009. France had adopted their three strikes law. While rights holders were happy that a European country has adopted a three strikes ...
Canadian Government Doesn’t See Validity in USTR Special 301 Report
The USTR's Special 301 report has been well known for being essentially a wish-list put together by the US copyright industry. Over the last few years, doubts have been ...
Records Fall As UK Movie Industry Profits Soar
It's not a well kept secret, but it is facts like this that copyright holders would rather keep quiet when discussing online piracy. This isn't the first time movies ...
HADOPI Launches Public Consultation to Classify Secure Internet Access
It's been a roller-coaster of a ride for the Three Strikes law in France. Nearly a year after the adoption of the three strikes law, things still ...
Burst.net Statement Confirms Blogetery.com Shutdown Related to Terrorism
Earlier today, we debunked rumors that Blogetery.com was shut down due to an anti-piracy effort headed by ICE and reported that it was an FBI investigation ...
Al-Qaeda Activities, Not Piracy, Reason for Shutdown of 73,000 Blogs
There was plenty of confusion surrounding the shut down of 73,000 blogs at Blogetery.com. The little bits of information that were available said it was law enforcement related, but ...
Guns N Roses Leaker Escapes Appearance in Anti-Piracy PSA
After over a year of the Guns N Roses leak of several tracks from the then forthcoming album Chinese Democracy, the story of the person that leaked the tracks might ...
Swedish Copyright Collective – Technology Is Killing the Blank Disc Star
When was the last time you burned a CD or a DVD? If you haven't done that in a while, you aren't alone according to a copyright collective that ...
Ministry of Sound Legally Threatens 2,000 Alleged File-Sharers
Mass litigation has commenced against 2,000 individuals accused of copyright infringement by Gallant Macmillan on behalf of record label Ministry of Sound. While this isn't the first mass litigation ...
Pink Floyd Band Manager: Attempts to Stop People From Copying a “Waste of Time”
There's been no shortage of opinions on the issue of downloading music. From average citizens to activists to labels to mainstream to small time artists, just everyone affected by ...
ACTA’s Latest Text – A Quick Read Through
We recently reported that an updated version of ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) has leaked online. We are currently pouring over the contents of the forbidden text (since ...
For Your Eyes Only… Or Not – ACTA Leaks Again
The ultra secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) may be one of the worst kept secrets in the international community. The updated version of the infamous text has leaked online.
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RIAA v. Tenenbaum – How Likely Is An Appeal Coming?
The has been some interesting developments in the RIAA vs. Tenenbaum case that may have some far reaching consequences. How far reaching wasn't clear until some paperwork surfaced with ...
EU Refuses to ‘Swallow’ US Hypocrisy on ACTA
Things are apparently getting tense over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). If rights holders are hoping to get ACTA talks finalized quick and efficiently, they have a huge problem ...
RIAA 2008 Litigation – Spends $17 Million, Recoups $391,000
In what shape is the litigation campaign for the RIAA? Evidently, it's far worse then we thought if the RIAAs IRS forms are anything to go by.
If you were ...
French UMP Members Having Second Thoughts on Three Strikes?
HADOPI in France allowed that country to be one of the first countries to pass a graduated, or three strikes law for alleged copyright infringers. Now, the same country ...
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 ...
Judge Declares Tenenbaum Fine Unconstitutional, Slashes it To Tenth
It's been a while since we were able to report on anything in the Tenenbaum case, but news has broke today that the Joel Tenenbaum case took an interesting turn. ...
Canadian Copyright Reform Bill – The Winners and Losers
We have just wrapped up reviewing bill C-32, Canada's copyright reform bill. Since Canada had a huge public consultation on the matter earlier, we found it to be an ...
