American peer-to-peer users worried about being sued into oblivion by the recording industry may soon have a much bigger concern: facing off against the U.S. Department of Justice.
Techdirt: Charges Likely To Be Filed Against The Pirate Bay
It seems hard to justify going after the Pirate Bay for anything, and it's taken Swedish investigators well over a year to come up with charges it can throw at the operators of the site -- though it sounds like they won't be filed for a few months
Alleged MPAA Harrassment Causes aXXo / Pirate Bay Rift | TorrentFreak
It appears that a dispute between aXXo and The Pirate Bay about how to best handle alleged MPAA torrent meddling got way out of hand - with aXXo deleting lots of his torrents and leaving The Pirate Bay.
The CRIA threatened the company renting the servers to us, and because of this it is not possible to keep the site online. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding.
Pirates, Or Merely Devoted Fans?
A study conducted on 2000 Canadians has shown that most people download songs off the Internet simply because they want to try-before-buy or because they were unable to find this music in their local stores.
Radiohead Responds to Download Stats: Says They're False | TechConsumer
While it was fun to speculate on what this could mean for the music industry, turns out any speculation was based on more speculation
♪Prince, Has Lost The Plot ♪ Prince, To Sue A Lot ♪
Prince has now decided the best way to endear himself to his most loyal fans is to threaten to sue them directly.
Major League Baseball's DRM change strikes out with fans
Some hardcore baseball fans have been left stranded on third base by Major League Baseball after it decided to change DRM systems. As a result, game footage purchased under the old DRM scheme are no longer viewable, leaving fans with unwatchable footage—and no refunds.
An Indian music label has filed a suit against Google and its video sharing site YouTube after the display on YouTube of content on which the Indian company says it holds copyright.
YouTube Enhances Video Flagging System
YouTube has announced they have improved their video flagging system. If you ever watch a video that might raise a concern, you can click on a "Flag" link below the video (when on a video page) that will enable you to report the video to a human editor at YouTube.
» Last.fm: Audio Fingerprinting and Artist Tagging :: Puddlegum ::
Audio fingerprinting goes as step further and actually scans your music files on your computer. It uniquely identifies the audio file, then sends the information back to Last.fm so they can gather common misspellings.
Clickster Offers Supposedly Legal MP3 Downloads
We’ve seen a fair share of MP3 search engines, but what makes Clickster interesting is their claim that their way of downloading MP3s is perfectly legal and free.
DVD licensing group to vote on closing copying loophole
This week, the DVD Copy Control Association—the group responsible for CSS copy protection—is expected to vote on a Managed Copy Amendment that would close a loophole in the CSS license that allows home media server products like those made by Kaleidescape to legally rip DVDs and store encrypted copies on a hard drive.
The Associated Press: Judge Rules on What Makes a Poem
A federal judge has ruled that compiling Dorothy Parker's poems was a far less original act than writing them.
Combating Piracy: Earth To Big TV
Big TV is close to clueless when it comes to combating piracy.
The Second Life Patent & Trademark Office, has opened its doors, offering Second Life users a suite of new intellectual property protection tools.
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