Filesharing ambulance chasers get into the gay smut racket: “ Davenporn Lyons defends Army F*ckers The law firm Davenport Lyons, best known online for accusing people of illegally filesharing on behalf of video games companies…
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 “ Canadian Anti-Camming Laws Net First Conviction: “ Canada has its first conviction under the controversial Bill C-59. A man has been found guilty of ‘camming’ the movie ‘Sweeney Todd’ in Calgary…
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 “ No Solace for Bond: Movie Pirates Evade Camcorder Spies: “ Hitting US theaters this week, the latest Bond movie ‘Quantum of Solace’ has already been released in the UK. However, despite…
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…