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…  Property Act of 2008, or PRO IP Act, finally gathered the signature of President George W. Bush, and made it into law. The act, as …  would be an unconstitutional violation of Separation of Powers - went unopposed. Included in the bill is the issue of ‘civil …

…  its only major court victory, with a mistrial being declared in Capitol V Thomas. Making things worse, the Department of Justice, viewed …  a bill aiming to increase copyright and patent enforcement powers. The Thomas case is now a proverbial millstone around the neck of the …

…  file-sharers. France has gone even further, and proposed a law that will enable the entertainment industry to disconnect alleged pirates on their third warning. Both the MPAA and RIAA have pushed other …  is scary to see how lobby groups are awarded powers that should only belong to law-enforcement agencies. Evidence should …

…  year (and a day) ago we reported that Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN had forced the closure of six torrent sites after their ISP, LeaseWeb was forced to …  notice said that Araditracker had been shutdown by ‘the powers that be’ with the admins indicating that the site would not be back. …

…  to circulate. Had the EliteTorrents site really been raided by the FBI? Many furious refreshes later and there it was, a crude webpage …  of the MPAA who possessed significant investigative powers but lacked the killer ability to quickly shut down a non-compliant …

…  we reported that the Swedish Left Party voted in favor of a motion that would legalize the uploading …  the case - where it has been impossible to examine the powers that be, while citizens lack any right to a private life - have been …

…  researcher Charles Vaughn graduated with a software engineering degree from University of Texas at Arlington, …  Unix application server stuff. Recently, Vaughn decided to take a look at the frequently used BitTorrent tracker …  auditing a code base. I picked Torrent Trader because it powers a website I use day to day, and the source is freely available,” Charles …

…  those difficulties in accessing the site have been extended to members too. The current period of intermittent, but almost complete …  users received an email from a new tracker called ‘PowerScene’, asking them to join. Some users speculated that TorrentLeech may …

…  the internet under new legislative proposals to be unveiled next week.” Actually, this story is complete balderdash. But the fact that …  is getting anywhere at all illustrates how ignorant the powers that be are about downloading. Let’s get a couple of things straight …

…  a few years ago when the LokiTorrent tracker was closed and seemingly none of the users were tracked down. Fear, uncertainty and …  are not just another BREIN, they have some serious powers. People familiar with the ShareConnector and Releases4u cases in the …

…  Linander, a member of the Swedish parliament for the Center Party writes that a new law, based on EU directives, has been proposed by the Ministry of Justice. This law makes it possible for “copyright …