2009 – A ZeroPaid Year in Review – Part 1 of 3
2008 was an interesting year in file-sharing and 2009 didn’t necessarily disappoint. There was plenty of ways to look at it, but there is one way one can look at the year – eventful. ZeroPaid reviews 2009.
January
2009 kicked things off with a bang with the ever ongoing Australian plan to filter the internet. [...]
Have You Been Falsely Accused of Copyright Infringement?
With a push by the content industry to put in place a global three strikes law or worse, ZeroPaid wants to know, have you been falsely accused of copyright infringement?
DMCA notices are notorious for relying on what has been widely accepted as flimsy evidence at best. Still, saying that an IP address, a file [...]
Harvard Prof to Appeal File-Sharing Trial Under “Fair Use” Claims
Will argue a “full technological substitute” to P2P didn’t exist until 2007 when DRM was removed from digital music offerings, well after the time frame the judge in the case accepted illegal downloading as an exemption for “fair use.”
Harvard Law Professor Charles Nesson has decided to appeal the verdict against accused file-sharer Joel Tenenbaum with [...]
RIAA Member Lawyer Blames Joel for ThePirateBay Mixtape
Interesting new development in the Tenenbaum case. After ThePirateBay posted the DJ Joel Mixtape, a torrent of the songs Joel was sued for ($675,000 in damages), the development made it’s way into court documents. Plaintiffs were apparently not impressed saying, “despite the verdict and a clear finding of willful copyright infringement by Defendant, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Moby on RIAA: “Suing Music Fans Not a Sustainable Business Model”
Slams the $1.92 million verdict against Jammie Thomas, even calling for the RIA to be disbanded.
Late last week we saw the closely watched retrial against accused file-sharer Jammie Thomas come to a close with the jury finding the suburban mother of two guilty and ordering her to pay some $1.92 million in damages.
Accused of illegally [...]
Jammie Thomas Fined $1.92 Million for Sharing 24 Songs
It only took the jury a few hours to deliberate and weigh all the evidence. Jammie Thomas was originally sued for $222,000, but her new fine is now $1.92 Million. Some are already wondering whether or not such a fine is even constitutional.
The Jammie Thomas trial took a shocking turn for the worse. [...]
Jammie Thomas Re-Trial Starts Tomorrow
Jammie Thomas, a name that has become very familiar to many US file-sharers, has had quite a journey in the court system and it’s far from over now. Years of court arguments and legal wrangling have led her to now, a restart in her court case. Her new trial starts tomorrow.
Early on this [...]
Former RIAA CEO: “Napster Forced Us to Listen to Music Fans”
Says customers previously been radio stations and record stores, but suddenly were “hearing from music fans in a way they never had before.”
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the birth of Napster, the creation of which heralded a new era of music distribution that would change the music industry forever, and former RIAA CEO [...]
