Sweden judges back Pirate Hunter Act
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…
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Record Labels to Sue Vuze, Limewire and SourceForge
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,…
UK Lawyers Video Game Piracy Shakedown Catching Plenty Of Innocent Bystanders
(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…
French Senate Approves 3 Strikes Law
(Via Techdirt.) French Senate Approves 3 Strikes Law: “Despite the fact that the EU Parliament rejected the concept of a ‘three strikes’ law for kicking people off the internet, and warned member countries that such…
French Senate passes bill to disconnect filesharers
French Senate passes bill to disconnect filesharers: “ Three strikes for les gratuittards The French Senate has overwhelmingly voted in favor of disconnecting Internet pirates, despite European Parliament’s direct opposition to the punishment.… “ (Via…
TechDirt: Big Guns Come Out In Effort To Show RIAA’s Lawsuits Are Unconstitutional
(Via Techdirt.) Big Guns Come Out In Effort To Show RIAA’s Lawsuits Are Unconstitutional: “People have been submitting this story nonstop, but I wanted to take some time to read the details before commenting on…
BBC News: Games firms ‘catching’ non-gamers
BBC News: Games firms ‘catching’ non-gamers Games firms are accusing innocent people of file-sharing as they crack down on pirates, a Which? Computing investigation has claimed. The magazine was contacted by Gill and Ken Murdoch,…
WalesOnline: Illegal immigrant caught with pirate and porn DVDs
Illegal immigrant caught with pirate and porn DVDs – WalesOnline Oct 23 2008 by Gary Marsh, Cynon Valley Leader AN illegal immigrant who admitted being in possession of nearly 1,000 pirate films and pornography has…
Belgian ISP wins reprieve in copyright infringement filtering case
Belgian ISP wins reprieve in copyright infringement filtering case: “A Belgian internet service provider that had been ordered by the courts to filter out copyright-infringing material from its network has won a court reprieve. It…
Blogger and Blogspot blocking orders removed by the Turkish court
[Blog entry by Dr. Yaman Akdeniz] It is now been reported by a media news source that the Diyarbakir First Criminal Court of Peace has removed the blocking order it issued on 20.10.2008 (order no….