Game sharer gets £16K fine
Game sharer gets £16K fine: “ Lawyers have thousands more names A woman who put a copy of Dream Pinball 3D on a file-sharing network must pay £16,000 to the games maker and its lawyers.……
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US File Sharer Settling With RIAA for $756 a Song
File Sharer Settling With RIAA for $756 a Song: “A Bronx woman agrees to pay the Recording Industry Association of America $6,050 for purloining eight tracks on the Kazaa file sharing network. That’s $756.25 per…
Sharing 2999 Songs, 199 Movies Becomes ‘Safe’ in Germany
This is an article from: TorrentFreak Sharing 2999 Songs, 199 Movies Becomes ‘Safe’ in Germany Prosecutors in a German state have announced they will refuse to entertain the majority of file-sharing lawsuits in future. It…
UK.gov pushes £50,000 fine for online copyright infringement
UK.gov pushes £50,000 fine for online copyright infringement: “ Clampdown on commercial piracy The government has launched a consultation on plans to increase the maximum fine for traders in copyright-infringing material from £5,000 to £50,000…
Teenager gets damages reduced after copyright ignorance claim
Teenager gets damages reduced after copyright ignorance claim: “A 16-year-old girl has successfully argued that she was too young to understand that her copyright-infringing downloading of music was unlawful. A US court said she will…
Dailymotion becomes second leading video site to be blocked in Turkey
I have reason to believe that access to Dailymotion is blocked in Turkey because of an intellectual property infringement (distribution of pirated content) subject to Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works, supplemental article…
Film industry takes action on film link sites
Film industry takes action on film link sites: “The film industry’s US trade body has sued two websites because they provide links to copyright-infringing copies of films. The body said that it believes that the…
UK “MP3 Police” Evidence Unchallenged, Not For Public Consumption
This is an article from: TorrentFreak UK “MP3 Police” Evidence Unchallenged, Not For Public Consumption: “ This week, ISPs agreed to work with the BPI to reduce file-sharing in the UK. When someone gets ‘caught’…
XBIZ News: Stealing Text is Illegal, Too
Stealing Text is Illegal, Too: “It’s time for the rest of the online adult industry to take a more enlightened approach to all forms of content piracy, and that includes making sure writers and text…
Who killed Three Strikes for filesharing?
Who killed Three Strikes for filesharing?: “ National Freetard Register cancelled – but freetards don’t notice Rejoice! ‘Three strikes and you’re out’ is dead in the UK. Music file sharers will no longer face the…