MPAA Defeats TorrentSpy: “A Los Angeles Federal court has rendered a $110 million judgment against Valence Media, the company which operates the now defunct TorrentSpy. This judgment represents the culmination of a lengthy decline for…
This is an article from: TorrentFreak Test: Does Your ISP Slow Down BitTorrent Traffic?: “ A while back TorrentFreak posted about the plugin Azureus had developed, which allowed people to check whether their ISP is…
Broadband group: Some P-to-P blocking reasonable: “A broadband trade group representative told the U.S. Congress that carriers should be allowed to practice network management and slow P-to-P network access. “ (Via Macworld.)
RIAA Wants ISPs to Act on Piracy: “The RIAA’s Mitch Bainwol is back on Capitol Hill, and this time, he’s not touting how online piracy has been contained. Actually, quite the contrary. If there was…
Cops demand more time in marathon OiNK investigation: “ BitTorrent admin probe continues Cleveland police have again extended the bail granted to Alan Ellis, the administrator of Oink.cd, an invitation-only BitTorrent tracker shut down in…
Internet Mysteries: How Much File Sharing Traffic Travels the Net?: “Much internet public policy turns on whether ISPs can throttle traffic like peer-to-peer file sharing. But how much of the net’s traffic really is file…
File-Sharer Convicted in Sweden’s Biggest P2P Case: “ After a retrial, a 31 year old man from Linköping, Sweden, was found guilty this morning in the District Court. The court decided that for uploading 4,500…
isoHunt and MPAA Debate Legality of BitTorrent Sites: “ The isoHunt vs. MPAA case has been dragging on for more than two years now. It basically comes down to the question whether a BitTorrent site…
CONNECTICUT MAN SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR CRIMINAL COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT 04.29.2008 Forty Defendants Convicted in Operation Copycat to Date WASHINGTON – David M. Fish, 26, of Woodbury, Conn., was sentenced yesterday in U.S….
IFPI to Sue Swedish ISP for Facilitating Copyright Infringement: “ Ideally, the IFPI wants every ISP to act as the Internet police, by restricting their customers access to websites they claim are facilitating copyright infringement….