Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 10, 2009 at 1:18:00 PM CEST
Pirates 'ignore' warning letters
Sending letters to persistent pirates will not stop them copying, suggests research.
Only 33% of those receiving a letter from their ISP would stop pirating content, found a survey carried out by legal firm Wiggin.
However, it found 80% would stop if the letter were followed by action such as cutting net connections.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 22, 2009 at 9:33:00 AM CEST
Judge Reviewing Pirate Bay Trial Bias Is Removed for Bias
The judge assigned to review whether the trial judge in the Pirate Bay trial was biased has now been removed — for bias, of course.
The convoluted web of potential scandal further complicates the April 17 copyright infrigment convictions of the four founders of The Pirate Bay, the world’s most notorious BitTorrent tracker.
Judge Ulrika Ihrfelt was assigned to investigate whether the four should be granted a retrial based on revelations that the original trial judge is a member of industry copyright-protection groups. But Ihrfelt was removed from the case Wednesday amid allegations that she was a member of the same organizations, a Swedish newspaper reports.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 17, 2009 at 11:36:00 AM CEST
Another Scandal Surrounds Pirate Bay Judge
Pirate Bay judge Tomas Norström’s objectivity has already been called into doubt because of his ties to national and international pro-copyright lobby groups. Now, one of the defense lawyers says he has uncovered another scandal and claims to have evidence that Norström wasn’t assigned to the case randomly, as should be the case according to court procedure.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 17, 2009 at 11:34:00 AM CEST
Usenet Group Sues Dutch RIAA
With things like the Pirate Bay trial and the French three strikes law still very fresh in memory, it's easy to forget that sometimes, offence can be the best defence. In light of this ancient wisdom, Dutch website FTD.nu has filed a lawsuit against the Dutch variant of the RIAA, BREIN. FTD.nu is backed and supported by two key Dutch copyright lawyers. Note that most links in this story will be written in Foreign for most of you.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 14, 2009 at 12:50:00 PM CEST
Abgeordnete beschließen Internet-Sperren für Raubkopierer
Drei Mahnungen, dann ist die Verbindung weg: Frankreichs Parlament hat für ein Gesetz gestimmt, nach dem das illegale Herunterladen von Musik und Filmen mit Internet-Entzug bestraft werden soll. Das Europaparlament kritisierte das Vorhaben.
Die französische Nationalversammlung hat ein umstrittenes Gesetz gegen Raubkopierer verabschiedet. Die Abgeordneten stimmten am Dienstag mit 296 zu 233 Stimmen für ein Gesetz, mit dem die Regierung harte Strafen für Internet-Piraten einführen will. Wer mehrmals beim unerlaubten Herunterladen von Musik oder Filmen erwischt wird, dem soll der Internet-Zugang zeitweise gekappt werden.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 14, 2009 at 12:49:00 PM CEST
French net piracy bill signed off
A controversial French bill which will disconnect people caught downloading content illegally three times has been given final approval.
The legislation, backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy, was surprisingly voted down by the Assembly last month.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 12, 2009 at 12:33:00 PM CEST
Disconnecting file-sharers
The UK's creative industries want the government to force Internet Service Providers to disconnect persistent illegal file-sharers. It is the latest step in a battle to stem the flow of internet piracy.
What are the UK creative industries asking for?
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 8, 2009 at 1:46:00 PM CEST
Pirate Bay Judge Accused Of Conflict In Another Case As Well
Following the revelation that the judge in The Pirate Bay case may have had a serious conflict of interest, it looks like the Swedish press has decided to investigate some of his other decisions as well.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 6, 2009 at 3:56:00 PM CEST
EU-Parlament gegen Netzsperren ohne Richter
Das EU-Parlament hat dafür gestimmt, dass nur ein ordentliches Gericht, kein "Tribunal" darüber entscheiden kann, ob ein Bürger Einschränkungen seiner Verbindung zu elektronischen Netzwerken hinnehmen muss. Es hat damit die Rechte der Bürger gestärkt. Das Telekompaket selbst muss nun ins Vermittlungsverfahren und kann nicht mehr in der laufenden Legislaturperiode verabschiedet werden.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 6, 2009 at 3:33:00 PM CEST
Indie Record Label Sponsors isoHunt BitTorrent Tracker Site
While the major record labels keep insisting that BitTorrent and tracker sites are somehow evil and need to be shut down, more and more indie artists and labels are recognizing that they actually are quite useful promotion and distribution platforms. We've pointed to some in the past, but the latest is a label called Honor Roll Music, which is promoting one of its popular acts by buying ads on isoHunt, the popular BitTorrent site
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on April 30, 2009 at 11:30:00 AM CEST
Best-selling Swedish author uploads audio book to the Pirate Bay to protest court verdict
The well-known Swedish author Unni Drougge was so upset by the court verdict against the Pirate Bay that she uploaded a home-made audio book version of her best-selling new novel Boven i Mitt Drama Kallas Kärlek (The villan in my drama is called love) to the site, complete with a manifesto for free file sharing and a link to her Paypal account.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on April 30, 2009 at 11:29:00 AM CEST
More Swedish ISPs Decide To Keep No Logs To Protect Users
We recently noted that a Swedish ISP was advertising the fact that it doesn't keep log files of its users, following the newly implemented Swedish law, IPRED, that requires ISPs to hand over log files if users are accused of copyright infringement online. It appears that the attention generated by that one ISP has now lead multiple Swedish ISPs to also promise to delete all user data, so that there would be nothing to turn over.
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