Judge: Big Five ISPs must block The Pirate Bay
Judge: Big Five ISPs must block The Pirate Bay: “ ‘Musicians, sound engineers, video editors deserve to be paid for their work’ As expected, the High Court has ordered British ISPs to block access to…
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Digital Economy Act not in breach of EU laws, Court of Appeal rules
Digital Economy Act not in breach of EU laws, Court of Appeal rules: “A controversial law that forces internet service providers (ISPs) to help combat illegal file-sharing is lawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”…
Commission asks ECJ to rule on ACTA compatibility
Commission asks ECJ to rule on ACTA compatibility: “The European Commission is to ask the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to rule whether a controversial international anti-piracy agreement is compatible with ‘fundamental EU rights and…
Courts cannot force social networks to broadly monitor for illegal file-sharing, ECJ rules
Courts cannot force social networks to broadly monitor for illegal file-sharing, ECJ rules: “National courts cannot force social networks to monitor for copyright infringement by users because it would not strike a ‘fair balance’ between…
British Facebook hacker sentenced to eight months in jail
British Facebook hacker sentenced to eight months in jail: “A man who hacked into Facebook and claimed he wanted to help the company expose vulnerabilities to its system has been sentenced to an eight month…
High Court rules The Pirate Bay operators and users guilty of copyright infringement
High Court rules The Pirate Bay operators and users guilty of copyright infringement: “The operators of The Pirate Bay (TPB) website and its users are both guilty of infringing the copyright of rights holders in…
Sky follows BT in blocking Newzbin2
Sky follows BT in blocking Newzbin2: “Sky has blocked access to a copyright infringing website following a UK court order, the company has said.” (Via OUT-LAW News.)
Irish ISP ordered to stop using ‘three strikes’ system against illegal file-sharers
Irish ISP ordered to stop using ‘three strikes’ system against illegal file-sharers: “The Irish data protection watchdog has ordered the country’s largest internet service provider (ISP) to stop using its ‘three strikes’ system for identifying…
Courts cannot force ISPs into broad filtering and monitoring for copyright-infringing traffic, ECJ rules
Courts cannot force ISPs into broad filtering and monitoring for copyright-infringing traffic, ECJ rules: “Court injunctions that force internet service providers (ISPs) to filter and monitor user traffic in order to prevent illegal file-sharing are…
Finnish ISP Ordered To Block The Pirate Bay
Finnish ISP Ordered To Block The Pirate Bay: “ In May, the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC) and the Finnish branch of the music industry group IFPI announced that they had filed a lawsuit…