Virgin Educates File-Sharers with Mistaken Envelops: “There seems to already be a bit of a hiccup in Virgin Media’s campaign to educate file-sharers. Last month, Virgin Media and the BPI joined forced in an effort…
Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom: “Google must turn over records of everyone who has watched YouTube videos to Viacom, which is suing the internet giant for copyright infringement. A rights…
This is an article from: TorrentFreak Virgin Media: ‘Absolutely No Possibility’ of Disconnecting File-Sharers: Virgin Media, plagued by a recent flurry of bad publicity thanks to its policy of working with the music industry to…
Virgin warns 800 punters for file-sharing: “ ‘Important. If you don’t read this, your broadband could be disconnected.’ The BPI has written to 800 Virgin Media customers warning them to stop sharing music files or…
Warning letters to ‘file-sharers’: “The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be warned about it in letters.” (Via BBC News.)
Court slaps UK BitTorrenters with landmark fines: “ Copyright ambulance chasers open up new market The Central London County Court has ordered four BitTorrent users to pay a video games company £750 interim damages following…
Textbook Torrents Disables BitTorrent Listing: “There’s little doubt that the cost of an advanced education is an extraordinary affair. Students are notoriously cash strapped, with tuition, commuting, dorming and living expenses easily piling up. As…
Italian authorities raid alleged music filesharing forum: “ Megaupload and Rapidshare link site targeted Italy’s Guardia di Finanza has shut down forum site Downrevolution.net for offering links to pirated music, video and software hosted on…
RIAA ‘Making Available’ Argument: File Sharers ‘Freeload’: “The Recording Industry Association of America told the federal judge in the Jammie Thomas case Monday that file sharers ‘freeload’ on copyrights. (Via Wired News.)
Jury Convicts Web Site Operator in P2P Case: “Daniel Dove has been convicted of conspiracy and felony copyright infringement, the first time in the U.S. that a peer-to-peer user has been convicted by a jury…