.... but the company already has a similar service set up at MP3sparks. The Russian government closed the music download site AllofMP3 to mollify the U.S. government and the World Trade Organization...
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IFPI, the international version of RIAA, released "Ten Inconvenient Truths About File Swapping". It's bizarre propaganda that conveniently confuses physical piracy with digital...
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A Finnish Court rules that effective means effective. The issue is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the European counterpart, the European Copyright Directive (EUCD), which says...
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by Marc on July 11, 2007
While Internet broadcasting is being crippled in the U.S., the same thing is happening on the world stage. In 2006 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) almost passed the WIPO...
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Italian researchers surveyed the country's consumers to study the relationship between P2P and CD sales. They found that only a minority of file sharers, 30 percent, reduced CD purchases, while...
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First it was PiratPartiet (the Pirate Party) in Sweden. Now it's Venstre, the Norwegian Liberal Party, which passed a P2P resolution that supports personal file sharing. The resolution also...
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by Marc on February 14, 2007
We previously reported the ruling "Italian Court Rules Personal Downloading Legal." Er, not so fast. Our good friends at IFPI, the international companion to RIAA, say the case was based on...
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In a rare loss for the recording industry, an Italian court ruled that copyright infringement is not a crime as long as the downloader or sharer does not profit. The decision is sure to draw the...
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A French court ruled in favor of personal privacy over record label intrusion. The court said that copyright holders that conduct unrestrained searches on p2p networks engage in illegal data...
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by Marc on November 04, 2006
Australia has had a relatively reasonable and flexible copyright policy. But a free trade agreement between Australia and the U.S. is changing that. The Agreement requires Australia to change its law...
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In its most ambitious action yet against consumer P2P copyright infringement, IFPI, RIAA's international counterpart, has sued 8,000 more people across the world. IFPI is spreading its message of...
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The Swedish Court of Appeal ruled that a consumer's IP address, typically the only evidence provided in P2P consumer copyright infringement lawsuits, is insufficient proof of illegal activity. The...
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Emblematic of the struggle in Sweden over file sharing, high profile file sharer Ivar Wenster said that the evidence against him was destroyed when lightning struck his computer. Wenster is head of...
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There is progress in the SonyBMG rootkit case in Canada (SonyBMG Rootkit: Canadian Injustice). The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic intervened with the support of the EFF to improve...
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Sony BMG has settled with Canadian customers regarding its rootkit DRM damages. The settlement is similar to that in the U.S. but provides no commitment that it won't happen again. So if you live...
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File sharing developer FashionNow, developer of Kuro software in Taiwan agreed with IFPI to stop distributing its software, close the service by Oct. 15, and operate instead a legal music download...
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Japanese ISP Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) will roll out a P2P service to reduce network traffic, such as that from video web sites. The P2P software will be based on Winny P2P software also...
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The Netherlands District Court of Utrecht affirmed the judge's decision in Foundation v. UPC Nederland. The court held that the entertainment industry's evidence in the form of reports...
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Sharman Networks, developer of Kazaa P2P file sharing software, has settled with both the major labels and studios in a global agreement with RIAA, IFPI, and MPAA. Sharman will pay $115 million and...
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Digital Rights Ireland has formed to fight for digital, civil, and legal rights. The group fights for consumer privacy, fair use, private copying, and laws that reflect how people use digital media....
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