This is an article from: TorrentFreak Government “Holds a Gun to the Head” of ISPs Over P2P: Recently we reported on the agreement between UK ISP Virgin Media and the British Phonographic Industry to start…
MPAA Says No Proof Needed in Copyright Infringement Lawsuits: “The Motion Picture Association of America says intellectual-property holders should have the right to collect damages, perhaps as much as $150,000 per copyright violation, without having…
Comment: France’s anti-piracy law is like holding a tissue up to the breeze: “From Times Online, June 18, 2008, by Jonathan Richards: Using heavy-handed tactics with ISPs is only latest in a line of tactics…
France to ban illegal downloaders from using the internet under three-strikes rule: “From The Times June 19, 2008” Anyone who persists in illicit downloading of music or films will be barred from broadband access under…
Professors Siding With Jammie Thomas in RIAA Case: “A group of university professors is weighing in on the Jammie Thomas case, telling the trial judge he erred when instructing jurors that having an open share…
This is an article from: TorrentFreak 3-Strikes Law to Disconnect French Pirates: A few weeks after the University of Washington showed that ‘copyright infringement warnings’ are based on reckless tactics, France announces to use these…
This is an article from: TorrentFreak Survey Shows Huge Demand for Legal P2P: The survey, conducted by British Music Rights among 773 British respondents between the age of 14-24, shows some interesting results. The survey…
Out-law coverage for the Virgin Media action… Virgin sends file-sharing warnings to customers: “Virgin Media has begun sending letters of warning to some of its customers saying that artists’ lobby group the BPI has evidence…
BPI & Virgin Media Press Release: Virgin Media launches downloading education campaign with BPI: 6:6:2008 Virgin Media and the BPI today announced a new education campaign to help Virgin Media’s broadband customers safely download music…
BBC News: Time to take on the file sharers: By Chris Martin On 9 June, BBC commentator Bill Thompson wrote a critique of a joint venture between the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) and Virgin Media…