This is an article from: TorrentFreak Canada Proposes Draconian Anti-Piracy Law: The bill, dubbed the ‘Canadian DMCA’ has not been popular with many of those it will effect. Over 40,000 have joined a facebook group,…
Virgin Media and BPI join forces to attack illegal filesharing: “ Let’s make threatening music together Virgin Media will launch a campaign against illegal downloading next week, when it’ll begin firing off warning letters to…
RIAA Declares Victory Over AllofMP3, Drops Lawsuit When pressure from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the United States government caused the Kremlin to take down AllofMP3 in mid 2007, the RIAA must’ve been jumping…
International copyright talks seek BitTorrent-killer laws: “ Plan to torpedo Pirate Bay-style freedom claims A new international trade agreement could seek to strengthen criminal sanctions against BitTorrent tracker sites that claim not to profit from…
Google Calls YouTube Suit a Threat to Online Communication: “Google, in a legal filing, says Viacom’s $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube threatens legitimate information exchange on the internet. (Via Wired News.)
It is not only Canadians by the way, US, Europeans, they seem to be all part of this secretive draft (and daft) Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement initiative which was leaked to Wikileaks.org. Canadians Consider Using Border…
Belgian newspapers seek up to €49 million from Google in damages: “The group of Belgian newspapers which is suing Google over its Google News service claims that Google’s alleged infringements have cost its members up…
US – YouTube law fight ‘threatens net’: “(BBC) A one billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube threatens internet freedom, according to its owner Google. Google’s claim follows Viacom’s move to sue the video sharing service for…
This is an article from: TorrentFreak Danish Copyright Censorship Proposal Revealed: Back in February TorrentFreak reported on the IFPI forcing, via the Danish courts, an ISP to block its subscribers from accessing The Pirate Bay….
Combating Piracy: “Recently, XBIZ World Magazine asked several industry players ‘Which do you think will be most effective in combating content piracy — taking legal action against pirates, a technological solution, or some combination of…