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The RIAA sues dead people, The MPAA is stalking and hacking, The BPI mistreats children. So…

The UK Anti piracy lobby BPI (British Phonographic Industry) bans the 12 year old Amy Thomas from the “school kids music chart because her record label refuses to sue music fans.
The Inquirer writes:
Amy had been chosen as one of ten young artists to feature on the My Music chart that launches in October across 1,400 [...]

The Grokster decision made filesharing companies vulnerable. The court ruled that they can be sued if they encourage people to share copyrighted material was a great victory for Hollywood, and was believed to be the end of filesharing by some.
But now, one year later, peer-to-peer technologies flourish more than ever.
P2P traffic is rapidly [...]

Teeth Are Not for Biting, Hands Are Not for Hitting, Feet Are Not for Kicking, and Words Are Not for Hurting. It’s all about ethics.
Filesharing is also ILLEGAL, just like murder. If you share files, you are a pirate!
Educate the childeren, it’s not too late! Check out the latest part in the X are not [...]

Apparently, Sweden’s crime rate is so low it can afford to allocate national police resources to the MPAA.

75% of the young voters in Sweden support filesharing, even if it’s illegal, according to a recent survey. This indicates that filesharing is going to be a hot topic in the coming elections.
Over 75 percent of those asked said it was OK to download illegally from the Internet, said the survey.
These figures indicate that the [...]

A Swedish prosecutor says Big Six studio efforts to nail a man they say shared a movie online may have effectively slammed the door in their faces. This means that individual filesharers in Sweden can feel a little more safe.

Germany just agreed on a new law that makes it possible to put downloaders behind bars for two years. This is if you use the movie for personal use, commercial downloaders face up to five years in prison. Germany is considered to be one of the leading filesharing counties in Europe so this law will [...]

Michael Geist’s interpretation of a recent study on how downloading affects the music bussiness caused quite some controversy. Geist concluded from the study that filesharing does not hurt the record industry. P2Pnet interviewed Geist, they discuss several p2p related issues and it seems that Geist is a fan of BitTorrent.
Dr Michael Geist has become a [...]

Peer to Peer traffic is increasing according to Cachelogics David Ferguson. Ferguson presented some interesting data during a workshop on P2P TV hosted by Creative Commons earlier today. Tim Kuik, head of Brein, the Dutch anti-piracy organization that took down 6 BitTorrent sites earlier this week listened carefully.

The Big Four record labels are fighting tooth and nail to kill the French decision to make it legal to share music and movies online. MPs, who’ve already voted once on the matter, will debate it again next week and if they confirm the earlier decision, turning it into law, France will become the first [...]