… Bill (DEB), legislation that will supposedly protect copyright holders from online pirates. This week the House of Lords approved the … the suspensions, disconnections, site-blocking and all, one thing remains absolutely certain. The main aim of propping up the …
… the admins denied profiteering. In the end at least one administrator of the site, believed to be in his early 30’s, was arrested and several people were questioned with investigators linking site email addresses to Facebook accounts for …
… which allows the music industry to track down repeated copyright infringers with the ultimate goal of decreasing the country’s piracy … The judge will then review the case and hand down any one of a range of penalties, from fines through to severing the Internet …
… in the Pirate Bay case had been ‘rewarded’ with a job for six months at Warner Bros., one of the plaintiffs in the trial, rumors of corruption and bribes were hard …
… failed to achieve in a decade. In Italy, Fapav (Federazione Anti-Pirateria Audiovisiva) is currently embarking on one such mission. It … of privacy but also committed a crime punishable by up to six years in prison. The positions of both sides will be tested next week. …
… honor. But after many cat and mouse games with his opponents, Jesper Bay has just announced he will quit as IFPI Denmark’s director and spokesman at the end of January. “I’ve been here six and a half years and think that maybe it’s time to try something else,” he …
… resulting in an FCC investigation and various lawsuits. One of these suits was settled last month. Comcast agreed to put $16m into … user told TorrentFreak. “I certainly do not think that sixteen dollars is enough incentive to possibly suffer the penalties of …
… from the likes of Napster, KaZaA and Bolt. That money was supposed to go to the artists whose rights had been allegedly infringed upon, but the labels weren’t that keen to … their music for which they haven’t been given a cent. The money they’re owed collectively is a staggering $6 billion. Looks like the …
… “3 strikes” regime. When ‘caught’ uploading copyright works for the first time, the owner of the Internet connection used for … the door. On the the third, the account holder will be summoned to appear before a judge who will have the power to fine, or even …
… among friends and family. The arrest led to a sentence of six months in a federal prison from which he was released in September last year. The damage done by the leak didn’t stop there though. A member of the Yates family passed …
… Underground, all featuring Jamie dressed up as each of the six members of the hit disco band. According to the Web Sheriff, Jamie … a formal legal claim from the Village People and, if one is received, it will be vigorously defended,” a Channel 4 spokesperson …
