Young Brits are confused about legality of file-sharing: “Young people continue to download as much copyright-infringing music as ever and are still confused about their liability for copyright infringement, a study of their music habits…
Boston student fined thousands for Napstering: “ Silly Joel A Boston University student has been found guilty of breaking copyright laws by downloading and uploading songs using Napster and Kazaa.… “ (Via The Register –…
Somerset man arrested over alleged piracy site: “A Somerset man has been arrested on suspicion of a criminal breach of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act. The man is said to be involved with Filesoup,…
Here is some interesting news, finally! :-)) Finn turns to ECHR after prosecution for discussing DRM cracking: “A Finnish man has asked the European Court of Human Rights to defend his right to discuss encryption…
Premier League’s failure to register copyrights in US limits YouTube claim: “The English Premier League cannot claim statutory damages against YouTube for user-submitted video clips of non-live football matches, even if it proves that the…
UK – Government outlines digital rights agency proposal: “(Guardian) The government has fleshed out the digital rights agency proposed in Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report and called for comment from the industry and consumers. The…
Davenport Lyons Threatens to Sue Wikileaks Over Publication of Extortion Letter – Wikileaks From Wikileaks, February 20, 2009 By Drew Wilson (Zeropaid)[1] Claims that the extortion letter is protected by copyright and cannot be posted…
U2 No Line on the Horizon album on Pirate Bay file sharing site: “U2’s long-awaited new album has been leaked online and is being downloaded by thousands of fans on the file sharing site Pirate…
Users force Facebook to withdraw controversial ‘copyright’ plan: “Facebook has withdrawn controversial changes to its terms of service after receiving a storm of complaints from users of the social networking website.” (Via Tech and Web…
Judge approves AP’s online news copying suit: “ ‘Hot news doctrine’ survives internet The Associated Press can proceed with a copyright infringement lawsuit against an online news aggregation service after a federal judge ruled a…