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Sci-Tech Today | Jammie Thomas Will Appeal RIAA's Win

Jammie Thomas is planning to fight the Recording Industry Association of America's victory in the precedent-setting digital piracy case.

Great, now she can lose twice and owe more money...

source: www.sci-tech-today.com | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:16 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Juror From RIAA File-Sharing Trial: Jammie Thomas Is "A Liar" | Digital Media Wire

Hegg added that he believed that Thomas was "a liar," pointing to elements of her defense including her contention that she could have been a victim of "spoofing" of her account;

Ouch... Just ouch...

source: dmwmedia.com | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:15 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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P2P researchers: use a blocklist or you will be tracked... 100 of the time

The takeaway here is simple: P2P users who don't utilize the blocklists are just about guaranteed to be tracked by "fake users"

I always feel like... somebody's watching me!

source: arstechnica.com | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:27 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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2jk.org:: Intellect or Insanity» Blog Archive » The new Israeli Law and File Sharing

Meaning that, de facto, The mechanism of Statutory Damages was erased from the Israeli Law.

Future News Flash: The Pirate Bay moves to Israel.

source: 2jk.org | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:21 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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LawFont.com » Australian copyright industry to start suing the consumers?

The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting the news that Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI), the music industry’s copyright enforcement arm, is threatening that they may have to start suing individuals for copyright infringement,

That's not a lawsuit... THIS is a lawsuit.

source: www.lawfont.com | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:58 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Silicon Alley Insider: Radiohead: 1.3 Mil Downloads! (But Big Music Not Dead)

Reports are trickling in on the initial results of Radiohead's pay-what-you-like-for-our-music experiment: We hear the current totals are 1.3 million downloads since "In Rainbows" went on "sale" Wednesday.

Are the record labels dead yet?

source: www.alleyinsider.com | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:04 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Nine Inch Nails Joins List of Artists Dumping their Record Labels

there's an interesting post up on NIN's website that announces its intent to leave the record labels behind, and forge a "...direct relationship with the audience" as they see "fit and appropriate."

Wait a second... Reznor was part of a label? Bet those were some interesting corporate meetings.

source: www.zeropaid.com | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:58 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Madonna dumps label in 134m deal - Music - Entertainment - smh.com.au

Pop star Madonna is close to leaving her long-time Warner Bros Records label for a wide-ranging US120 million (134 million) deal with concert promotion firm Live Nation, a source familiar with the talks said on Wednesday.

Don't get your hopes up, she was one of the ones who sued the original Napster...

source: www.smh.com.au | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:22 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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More Bands and Musicians Giving Away Free Downloads

Bands Jamiroquai and Oasis may be following Radiohead’s lead to let fans download new music from the band’s latest album for free,

Are these really the best bands for starting this revolution?

source: mashable.com | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:53 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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BBC NEWS | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Kwik-Fit sued over staff radios

A car repair firm has been taken to court accused of infringing musical copyright because its employees listen to radios at work.

Check please. I want off this ride!

source: news.bbc.co.uk | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:04 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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AP Suing Moreover Like It's 1999 | WebProNews

he Associated Press is suing news-aggregation site Moreover and its parent company VeriSign for copyright infringement for snippeting and linking to its news.

Didn't realize AP stood for Always Peeved... Thanks to Jeremy Steele for the link!

source: www.webpronews.com | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:14 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Judges fight off Harry Potter author’s attack on Indian version of Hogwarts - Times Online

DELHI An Indian court has dismissed a claim by J.K Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, for damages from the organisers of a religious event who constructed a replica of her fictional Hogwarts School.

I'll take a pass on the joke here, Harry Potter fans are lethal...

source: www.timesonline.co.uk | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:07 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Anti-Piracy Organization Domain IFPI.com Now Owned by The Pirate Bay | TorrentFreak

IFPI.com, the domain that used to belong to The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry or (IFPI) - an infamous anti-piracy organization - is mysteriously transferred to The Pirate Bay.

Man, these anti-piracy companies can not get it together to save their lives...

source: torrentfreak.com | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:06 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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TorrentSpy Defies Court Order and Rekindles Hollywood Angst

Lawyers representing major studios once again urged courts to force compliance from TorrentSpy via a complaint filed last week.

This is still going on?

source: mashable.com | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:11 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Snocap Drops 60 Of Staff And On The Market: Looking Good For The Deadpool

B2B digital music distributor company Snocap, the spawn of Napster founder Shawn Fanning, looks like its warming up for a Deadpool entry with confirmation by CNet that the company has let go of 60 of its staff and is on the market.

Could it be a cap for Snocap?

source: www.techcrunch.com | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:34 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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eirikso.com » They stole an image of my son and just had to pay 4000

About a year ago I was surprised when I saw an image of my son in an ad for a shop called “Vinderen Elektriske”, selling electronics.

If that's the going rate, someone steal my picutres!

source: eirikso.com | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:35 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Being Stupid And Litigious Is No Way To Go Through Life

Now the most ridiculous claim yet. Richard Figueroa, who claims to have the rights to this image of Ashton Kutcher, is demanding that we pay him 150,000 immediately or else he’ll sue us for 1.5 million.

source: www.techcrunch.com | posted on: October 13th, 2007 08:10:21 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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