Posts Tagged ‘lawsuit’

A Letter from the RIAA

This is a nice illustration of what a letter from the RIAA would probably look like if you cut out the legal terms and restrictions.

Brein takes down more Torrent Sites

During the past two weeks the Dutch anti-piracy organization BREIN forced 6 (small) torrent sites to stop their services. Brein is known for its intimidating techniques, and is successful in taking down sites, mostly set up by hobbyists.

More (of the same) Filesharing Lawsuits in Europe

Today the IFPI announced a new wave of lawsuits (2000) in Europe. But how new is this wave? It seems like they keep suing the same people over and over again. If you compare today’s press release with the one they put out last year you will see that in both cases they sued a “German judge”, a “British Councilor” and a “French Chef”. What a coincidence!

Niteshdw to settle and Isohunt to fight the MPAA

It’s almost a month after the MPAA targeted 5 of the bigger torrent sites. In the meanwhile Isohunt has been planning to fight the MPAA and is currently raising money to do so. Niteshdw on the other hand doesn’t have the money to fight and tries to settle without taking too much damage.
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Music industry announces more lawsuits

The international Federation for the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) announced 2100 legal cases.