Academics warn of EU ‘three strikes’ back door plan: “European law is introducing a ‘three strikes and you’re out’ law for ISPs to disconnect illegal file sharers ‘under cover of stealth’, according to legal experts….
Anti-Piracy Lawyers Start Protecting Gay ‘Gestapo’ Porn: “ After going after thousands accused of sharing video games in the UK, lawyers Davenport Lyons are now branching out into other areas. This week sees them start…
French record labels sue, um, SourceForge: “ Open source haven thumped for harboring P2P app The French music industry is suing four US-based companies for distributing P2P applications that can potentially be used to illegally…
Harvard Law Prof Takes on RIAA in Music Copyright Fight: “Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson has launched a constitutional assault against a federal copyright law at the heart of the industry’s aggressive strategy, which…
Unlicensed P2P Value: $69 Billion in 2007: “If you could total the quantity of unlicensed tracks within the vastness of the P2P community, then apply a reasonable fee to those tracks, you would end up…
Post from: TorrentFreak “ China Hijacks Popular BitTorrent Sites: “ China is not new to censoring the Internet, but up until now, BitTorrent sites have never been blocked. Recently however, several reports came in from…
Post from: TorrentFreak “ TorrentValley Raided and Shut Down: “ TorrentValley, one of the larger BitTorrent sites with millions of visitors each month, has been shut down by Bulgarian authorities. The site’s servers were seized…
Sweden judges back Pirate Hunter Act: “ But government sailing against the tide Resistance to a new anti-file sharing law dubbed by some as the Pirate Hunter Act is mounting in Sweden. More than 22,000…
Post from: TorrentFreak “ Record Labels to Sue Vuze, Limewire and SourceForge: “ French record labels have received the green light to sue four US-based companies that develop P2P applications, including the BitTorrent client Vuze,…
(Via Techdirt.) UK Lawyers Video Game Piracy Shakedown Catching Plenty Of Innocent Bystanders: “Last time we checked in with UK law firm Davenport Lyons, they were trying to set up a shakedown process where they…