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As reported earlier this year, anti-piracy outfit Trident Media Guard has been chosen by the entertainment industry to track and report illegal file-sharers in France. The company, previously better known for its pollution of file-sharing networks with fak …
Last week it was reported that Lord Lucas had criticized elements of Peter Mandelson’s Digital Economy Bill, noting that many problems being faced by the entertainment industries are of their own making. “The industry has been extremely slow to listen t …
While the music industry paints a picture where file-sharers are criminals who refuse to pay for music, the reality is quite the opposite. The people who share music are dedicated music fans who actually buy more music than their non-pirating friends. T …
The debate on how Britain should tackle illicit file-sharing is heating up. The government has already set an utterly unrealistic target of reducing online piracy by 70% within a year. If that isn’t achieved, under the Digital Britain proposals communicati …
A 55 year old man from Vannes, France, is counting the cost after a police search on his property turned up his pirate media collection. Back in 2006 the police, who were conducting a search linked to an unrelated fraud case, stumbled across the man’s s …
In April hundreds of people were killed after an earthquake hit L’Aquila in Italy, prompting several initiatives to raise funds for those affected. One project saw 56 artists and musicians come together to record a song called “Domani 21/4.09″ (Tomorro …
In April hundreds of people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless after an earthquake hit L’Aquila in Italy. The ongoing effort to help those affected is huge and includes various fund-raising events. One of those is a collaboration of 56 artists …
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