German court finds parent liable for child’s file-sharing: “Parents can be legally responsible for the unlawful behaviour of their children using home internet connections, a German court has ruled. It said that a woman had…
Virgin Media to trial piracy-detection software: “For Alan Ellis, last week was a good one: he was acquitted of conspiracy to commit fraud. The prosecution had argued that the 26-year-old received at least £190,000 in…
Music ‘piracy’ website founder acquitted of fraud: A man accused of running a sophisticated music piracy website used by more than 200,000 members was acquitted of conspiracy to defraud today. (Via Tech and Web from…
Expert claims file-sharing Bill could give Government control of the internet: “The Digital Economy Bill would give the Government the power to control the internet access of UK citizens by ministerial order, bypassing Parliament and…
ISPs slam Digital Economy Bill’s multi-million pound price tag: “ Why should broadband users bail out the music industry? Internet service providers have grumbled that the anti-piracy measures proposed in the Digital Economy Bill (DEB)…
Christmas Blues for isoHunt – Liable for Inducing Copyright Infringement: “A California court has granted Columbia Pictures a summary judgment against Gary Fung, the owner and administrator of isoHunt.com, TorrentBox.com, ed2k-it.com and Podtropolis.com. In the…
BPI: Growing Threat From Illegal Web Downloads: “Growing Threat From Illegal Web Downloads, 18 December 2009. Survey Shows Peer-to-peer use remains level, but other methods of illegal downloading on the rise • Levels of illegal…
Virgin Media to roll out copyright infringement detection tool: “(Computing) Virgin Media is trialling a copyright infringement tool that could be built into the technology underpinning its upcoming music download subscription service. The Detica-supplied system…
Europe’s ISPs object to secret copyright treaty talks: “Secret trade talks on counterfeits and copyright threaten to undermine citizens’ rights without giving them a voice in negotiations, European internet service providers (ISPs) have warned.” (Via…
Rough Week for the BitTorrent Community – SceneTorrents Closes: “Every few years, the file-sharing community goes under a series of significant changes that truly alters the landscape. Two of the 3 major BitTorrent websites, The…