Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits. 3-Strikes For Pirates Makes European Comeback Tour: The threat of 3-strikes based legislation had been reduced in recent weeks, with strong protests in the UK…
BBC NEWS | Technology | Europe backs down on piracy plans: “Europe backs down on piracy plans” Page last updated at 11:10 GMT, Friday, 23 October 2009 12:10 UK The European Parliament has given the…
EU Parliament drew back from file-sharer demands over legal uncertainty: “The European Parliament has had to withdraw demands for court oversight of the cutting off of file sharers’ internet access after it received legal advice…
Internet Blocking study:(Aconite) Government attempts to block access to the Internet are mounting throughout Europe – but look set to backfire, according to new study. The Open Society Institute funded the report which is titled…
AU – ACS gives conditional thumbs up to internet filtering: (SC Magazine) The Australian Computer Society has released a report that flags conditional support to ISP-based internet filtering from a technical standpoint, based on a…
Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits. Labour MP: Disconnecting File-Sharers is Futile Tom Watson is a Labour Party politician for West Bromwich East in the United Kingdom. Famous for becoming the…
Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits. Proposed Anti-Piracy Legislation is Flawed, ISP Says Cheered on by the music industry, the UK government is desperately trying to tackle the issue of online…
Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits. Parliamentary Comms Group Says ‘No’ to UK 3-Strikes Recently there has been a series of blows against proposals for ‘graduated response’ or ‘three strikes’ measures…
Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits. 70% of British Public Oppose Disconnecting File-Sharers: “ Driven largely by the big-label international music business, proposals for disconnecting alleged file-sharers are now common in…
Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits. Pirate Bay Appeal Postponed Till Summer 2010 On April 17th, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundstrom were found guilty of ‘assisting in…