Post from: TorrentFreak EU Plots Pirate Bay Ban and Piracy Clampdown The proposals in the report, drafted by the 73 year old Spanish socialist Manuel Medina Ortega, show many similarities to the wish lists of…
Post from: TorrentFreak Code Aims to Quell New Zealand “3 Strikes” Fears Scheduled for introduction at the end of February 2009, Section 92 of the Copyright Amendment Act 2008 is causing concern for many in…
Post from: TorrentFreak TorrentSpy to Appeal in MPAA Court Case For years, TorrentSpy has been a well known player in the BitTorrent community. In 2006 the site attracted more visitors than any other BitTorrent site,…
28th January 2009 – P2P Infringement Case Settled High Court proceedings between four major record companies, EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner and Eircom which have been at trial for eight days, have been settled on…
Irish ISP Eircom in ‘three strike’ filesharer crackdown: “ Music labels score with settlement deal Irish internet provider Eircom has bowed to litigious pressure from four major music labels to implement a French-style ‘three strikes’…
Britain’s digital future unveiled: broadband for all and a crackdown on internet pirates Internet users who illegally share copyrighted material such as music and films face prosecution under government proposals which will require service providers…
Post from: TorrentFreak Anti-Piracy Measures Don’t Work, Report Shows Ipoque describes itself as ‘the leading European provider of deep packet inspection solutions’. Based on this statement, it would be expected that the company would take…
ISPs relieved not to be Carter’s Cops: “ There will be no disconnection today, gentlemen Digital Britain ISPs greeted Carter with a sigh of relief, LINX head of public affairs told us today. In response…
UK.gov backs ISPs on charging content providers, throttling P2P: “ Carter kicks net neutrality corpse Digital Britain The government today rejected any prospect of US-style ‘net neutrality’ laws to prevent ISPs from charging online content…
Law will force ISPs to pass file-sharing data to record labels: “The Government will create legislation forcing internet service providers (ISPs) to gather information on customers engaged in illegal file-sharing, and forcing them to contact…