Earlier this year, as you may or may not recall, ISPs in Italy were told they were required to block The Pirate Bay, and users were redirected to an anti piracy agency. After an appeal by TPB, the...
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Following up on the last story I posted, we have news of another sentancing for a p2p pirate; this time the admin of the "uploaders" from EliteTorrents.org. Charged on one count of...
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Following up on the last story I posted, we have news of another sentancing for a p2p pirate; this time the admin of the "uploaders" from EliteTorrents.org. Charged on one count of...
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A fairly prolific pirate, who supposedly uploaded over 50,000 files to an FTP based piracy site, has today been sentanced to 3 years probation, much less than the 5 years jail time that was originally...
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A new bill, requiring all college campuses to fight p2p on site by giving them notice consistantly of the consequences of sharing copyrighted material, and punish them if they do, is getting very...
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With law in sweden coming into line with major western powers in the fact that wiretapping is considered "okay" in order to prevent terrorist attacks (despite the fact that sweden is very...
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Canada has typically been a haven for p2p, with people rarely being interupted from their sharing fun, but this looks set to change with the introduction of an equivilant to the slightly draconian...
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A total of 6 users of the former king of private music torrent sites have now been arrested by british police, in connection with the uploading and distribution of music prior to it's release....
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We reported a fairly long time ago that France was planning on cutting off users' who download pirated material internet if they were caught. According to a new UK based report, there is plans...
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The UK government is proposing plans to try and filter out the promotion of Radical Islam on the net in the same way it combats child pornography. "If we are ready and willing to take action to...
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America has been looking into ways to crack down on pirates further, and have come up with a new peice of legislation which they want to make law. "Prioritizing Resources and Organization of...
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France has decided, with it's new thatcher style administration, that it will be banning people from the internet, should they be caught 3 times pirating material. Getting banned from the...
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The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) have just basically admitted that they are no longer trying to target those who pirate things for personal use. Christmas Hilaire, a spokesperson for the RCMP,...
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...or so say the Canadian Government! A study commissioned by Industry Canada has revealed that apparently, the more songs downloaded and uploaded there are, the more CDs are bought! This completely...
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Lord Triesman, the parliamentary Under Secretary for Innovation, Universities and Skills, has today stated in a BBC News interview that the UK Government are now "politely" asking internet...
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RIAA has co-opted a group from Congress in its ongoing fight against schools. The Congressmen include both Democrats and Republicans and sent a letter to 19 universities including Howard University,...
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This post is part of a series on the us house of representatives hearing on P2P. 1. U.S. Witch Hunt 2. Who Stole My P2P Cheese 3. What the Feds Say 4. The Industry Talks 5. Clark Wants Gov.......
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In How's That U.S. Broadband Working For You? we reported how the U.S. fell further behind in world broadband penetration and price. The OECD report rated the U.S. 15th out of 30 countries....
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This post is part of a series on the US House of Representatives hearing on P2P. 1. U.S. Witch Hunt 2. Who Stole My P2P Cheese 3. What the Feds Say 4. The Industry Talks 5. Clark Wants Gov.......
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