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Category: File Sharing
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“We’re not copyright police”: iiNet
The iiNet trial continues. During argument yesterday, Cobden SC for iiNet argued that to require internet service providers (ISPs) to forward notices of copyright infringement to their subscribers would impose an unreasonable duty on ISPs to ‘police’ their customers. The issue arises in the context of interpreting the requirements for authorisation liability under ss 36(1A)… Read more →
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No Patent for Sony
Sony has been denied a patent by United Kingdom inspectors with respect to an invention that permits user data to be exchanged alongside peer-to-peer (P2P) file transfers. An appeal against the decision of the United Kingdom Patent Office was dismissed on the basis that the subject matter was not patentable. Nevertheless, the feature could still… Read more →
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Secrets of the Pirate Bay
Wired is running an interesting story about the popular BitTorrent tracker (frontend) known as The Pirate Bay. According to the article: Efforts to sink the word’s largest BitTorrent tracker backfired into political scandal and spurred even more downloading. But the three guys behind the Pirate Bay are facing a national controversy of their own. Part… Read more →
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German File-Sharers Charges with Criminal Copyright Infringement
LONDON (Reuters) – German police have filed criminal charges against 3 500 people accused of using the eDonkey file-sharing network to share copyrighted music illegally, the recording industry’s trade group said on Tuesday. The music industry has filed thousands of lawsuits in its fight against online piracy, but criminal prosecutions have been relatively rare. Users could… Read more →
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Bearshare Shut Down by RIAA
Pichu0102 writes “According to WebProNews, Bearshare has been shut down by the RIAA.” From the article: ” Online file-sharing service BearShare, along with operators Free Peers Inc., is packing it up due to a $30 million settlement with the recording industry. The conditions of the settlement were agreed to by the P2P company to avoid… Read more →
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Contempt of Court Proceedings Underway against Kazaa
The Federal Court of Australia last week gave leave to representatives of the Australian record industry to commence contempt of court proceedings against Sharman License Holdings Pty Ltd, owner of the (formerly) popular file-sharing program Kazaa. The plaintiffs allege that by failing to comply with the orders of Wilcox J after last year’s trial, Sharman… Read more →
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Grokster Goes Down
Grokster has settled with its long-running lawsuit with Metro Goldwyn Meyer by agreeing to take its file-sharing service offline. Like Napster, it seems probable that Grokster will be reincarnated in a holy aura of subscription-based, publisher-ordained legitimacy. Originally by Wired News: DAT’s Entertainment, 2:36 PM Read more Read more →
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Hong Kong Man Convicted for Movie Sharing
A Hong Kong man has been found guilty of copyright infringement for his use of BitTorrent. Originally by The Register – Internet and Law: Digital Rights/Digital Wrongs, 9:50 PM Read more Read more →
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Music P2P goes legit
A new, RIAA-approved file-sharing service is launching. For all the hype, it looks like all the headaches of P2P with none of the benefits. Originally by Ars Technica, 9:48 PM Read more Read more →
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Swedish Filesharing Test Case
‘A Swedish man made history yesterday as the first Swede charged with file sharing. … Swedish anti-piracy group Antipiratbyra (APB) tipped off the police. They contacted his ISP and used his IP number to track him down. But there was confusion yesterday when the defendant withdrew an apparent confession that he did download, and then… Read more →