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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Copyright Industry Demands Canada Adopt Three Strikes Law
Copyright industry lawyer and lobbyist for the CMPDA (The Canadian arm of the MPAA) and the CRIA (The Canadian arm of the RIAA) wrote an op-ed saying that it's "Time ...
EU-Wide Three Strikes Law Back on Track?
Internet access as a right. It's part of a telecoms package that is said to have blocked three strikes legislation and even a "graduated response". Many even pointed ...
France to Set a Special Session to Deal With HADOPI
It's no mystery why some would view the French government as persistent with some of its policies and HADOPI is no exception. After opposition successfully delaying HADOPI ...
Tenenbaum Fined $675,000 for Sharing 30 Works
After the judge simply told the jury to decide on a fine, and not asking them to consider the validity of evidence presented by the copyright industry among ...
Judge in Tenenbaum Case to Jury – Defedant Guilty, Pick a Fine
The judge in the Tenenbaum case has handed the jury instructions now. It's those instructions that are, at the very least, raising eyebrows in the legal community. the ...
Is P2P Losing Its Cool In Canada?
There was some recent comments being made at the CRTC hearing by BitTorrent that suggests that p2p user has been going down. Michael Geist discussed the point ...
Access Copyright – Copyright Debate Will Rob You Of Your Livelihood
It seems Access Copyright, the same collective responsible for the Captain Copyright fiasco a few years back, has hit the panic button over the formal copyright debate happening in Canada. ...
Canadian Copyright Consultation – Transcript of Round Table 1 Online
The first round table on the copyright consultation has concluded and its subsequent transcript was posted online. There was plenty being said including scepticism over the existence ...
Canada’s Copyright Consultation Has Many Talking
It's been quite a first few days for the copyright consultation. For some, copyright seems like an obscure and boring subject, but for those familiar with technology, it's more ...
Canadian Copyright Consultation Launches
The last time Canadians were consulted on copyright related issues was clear back in July of 2001. Back then, by todays standards, file-sharing was still establishing itself, iTunes was ...
EU Commissioner Wants to Overhaul Internet Download Regulations
It seems only a month or so ago when we were talking about the battle in the European Union to stop an EU-wide three strikes law. Apparently, ...
RIAA Member Objects to Suppressing Evidence in Tenenbaum Case
Legal questions have been raised over whether or not MediaSentry has violated the law while gathering evidence. While the questions are being raised in the Thomas case, Sony, a ...
