… the revelations that judge Tomas Norström from the original trial had connections with … judge’s ties to these groups did not influence his judgment.
Instead of a retrial an appeal has been granted which will take place … mark hanging over the head of another judge scheduled to play a major part in the appeal.
Launched as an answer to the file-sharing …
September 21st, 2009
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… years ago, legal action was initiated by the Protective Association of Phonographic Intellectual Property Rights … Information Technology Ltd, a company which controls the iPlay.com.br site.
iPlay distributed a piece of popular P2P file-sharing … its site, the software should have a copyright filter implemented instead, to block sharing of unauthorized music. The anti-piracy groups …
September 18th, 2009
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… was to cause a huge scandal.
Once one of these legitimately purchased music CDs was put into the PC drive of a Sony customer it … a total claim of around 1,500 euros.
The judge’s assessment was that the CD sold to the plaintiff was faulty, since he should be able …
September 14th, 2009
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… years, suffered major setbacks.
Following a BPI investigation, police (without fanfare or media reports) swooped on members of the … computers, cell phones, CDs and MP3 players, bank statements and sundry other items.
After extended questioning the police charged …
September 11th, 2009
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… for itself this year by going after Mininova and The Pirate Bay, the two largest torrent sites on the Internet. They refer to users of … a private non-profit organization and hold no law enforcement powers.
Even if they did, using a confiscated computer for personal …
September 4th, 2009
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… as a reminder, Digital Rights Management was introduced to prevent people from using digital content in ways that its producer didn’t approve of. In many instances this means preventing … about the DVD that had to be in the drive in order to play X-Plane, he came up with a brilliant solution.
For a measly $29 the …
September 1st, 2009
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… only two newcomers in the top 10, including ‘Bruno’ that tops the chart this week.
The data for our weekly download chart is … (DDC)
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August 31st, 2009
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… file-sharing are Toronto-based melodic folk rock group Great Lake Swimmers.
In an interview earlier this year, the band’s lead … a new type of marketing.
Dekker says that this development of the band’s wider exposure is down to the modern equivalent of …
August 30th, 2009
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… a league of its own. Just days after denying the reports that Lord Mandelson would be toughening things up when dealing with alleged … just the sort of person qualified to head up the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) (or the Department …
August 26th, 2009
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… three newcomers in the top 10, including ‘District 9’ that tops the chart this week.
The data for our weekly download chart is … 5.1 / trailer
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August 25th, 2009
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… the rise and fall of many torrent sites, along with dramatic raids and investigations by the FBI, police and anti-piracy companies. But … in real-life participation in the file-sharing phenomenon. The existence of The Pirate Bay has played a huge part in this new …
August 23rd, 2009
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