Jury convicts Web site operator in P2P case The operator of a P2P site was convicted on copyright infringement charges. A former administrator at EliteTorrents.org has been convicted of conspiracy and felony copyright infringement in…
Premiership tackles Ukranian football streaming site: “ Pitched battle ends domain tussle The Premier League has won control over the domain premiershiplive.net, which has been used to offer an unauthorised subscription football streaming service.… “…
RIAA Must Pay Defendant’s Legal Fees: “The music industry lobbying group is told to cough up $108,000 to cover Tanya Andersen’s legal costs after she beats an RIAA file sharing lawsuit. (Via Wired News.)
BT starts threatening music downloaders with internet cut-off: “ BPI wins another ISP ally Exclusive BT, the UK’s largest broadband provider, has begun threatening subscribers with disconnection from the internet if it is told they…
Legal, British P2P ‘by end of year’: “ ISP-music talks get serious Exclusive Legal broadband subscription services that permit file sharing may appear on the market by the year’s end, according to music industry sources…
This is an article from: TorrentFreak Joss Stone: Piracy is Brilliant, Music Should be Shared: Joss Stone, who won a Grammy last year, loves music, but hates the the music industry. In a recent interview…
Inside the MPAA’s Understanding of Copyright Infringement: “Two of the leading lawyers for the Motion Picture Association of America said Tuesday that no actual transfer of copyrighted works is required to prove peer-to-peer infringement under…
Virgin Media rubbishes P2P throttling rumours: “ Secret testing denied Virgin Media has today strongly denied a charge it is running secret tests with a view to introducing new bandwidth throttling hardware to target peer…
Pirate Bay bitchslaps Swedish law with SSL: “ Sticking it to evesdroppers in the ear The Pirate Bay plans to offer encryption services to people who use the BitTorrent tracker site in a direct attempt…
British ISPs, Music Companies Enter Serious Negotiations — Digital Music News: “British ISPs, Music Companies Enter Serious Negotiations British ISPs and music rights holders are now engaged in serious negotiations, according to numerous executive sources…