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BBC NEWS | Business | Illegal downloaders 'face UK ban'

People in the UK who go online and illegally download music and films may have their internet access cut under plans the government is considering.

Isn't this a bit much?

source: news.bbc.co.uk | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:54 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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EU suggests singers and musicians should earn copyright fees for 95 years - International Herald Tribune

Singers and musicians should earn royalty fees for 95 years — almost double the current 50-year limit, a European Union official said Thursday as he promised to draft new copyright protection rules.

This will go over like a lead balloon.

source: www.iht.com | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:46 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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PC World - EU Reconsiders Copyright Fee

The European Commissioner in charge of the single market, Charlie McCreevy, said last week he is restarting a consultation with industry with the aim of simplifying the European Union's approach to copyright levies.

So boring... yet so interesting.

source: www.pcworld.com | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:59 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Comcast Pledges To Keep Traffic Filters Active

Comcast, in a reverse effort to Verizon’s well-received neutrality plea, has now stated for the record that it will keep filters active as long as music and video sharing continues to occur within its “tube” complex,

The tough talk will end in 5...4...3...2...

source: mashable.com | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:21 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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BitTorrent Developers Introduce Comcast Busting Encryption | TorrentFreak

Several BitTorrent developers have joined forces to propose a new protocol extension with the ability to bypass the BitTorrent interfering techniques used by Comcast and other ISPs.

Dear Mr. Cat, my name is Mighty Mouse

source: torrentfreak.com | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:48 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Marketplace: Fashion seeks patents to stop copycats

Fashion designers were making the rounds. They're trying to get Congress to let them copyright their designs. Jeremy Hobson has more.

This should make your head spin a few times...

source: marketplace.publicradio.org | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:09 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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FMQB: Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and more!

Members of the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) have filed a class action copyright infringement lawsuit against MediaNet, a company that powers digital music services for Microsoft, Yahoo, MTV and others.

Need an air traffic controller to track all of these flying lawsuits.

source: www.fmqb.com | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:04 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Two companies settle software copyright claims | InfoWorld | News | 2008-02-11 | By Grant Gross, IDG News Service

Two companies, a door manufacturer and a dental laboratory network, have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle Business Software Alliance (BSA) claims that they had unlicensed software on their computers.

The BSA, the other copyright trade organization

source: www.infoworld.com | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:20 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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PC World - MPA Members Sue Chinese File Sharing Network Provider

All six members of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) have filed copyright infringement suits in China against Shenzhen Xunlei Networking Technology (Xunlei), a popular peer-to-peer file sharing network operator, the MPA said Friday.

China is becoming a real war zone in at least one respect...

source: www.pcworld.com | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:51 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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iParadigms, LLC :: Judge Issues Order Indicating that Plaintiffs' Copyright Infringement Claims Against iParadigms Will Be Dismissed

A United States District Court judge in Virginia has issued an order indicating that a motion for summary judgment filed by iParadigms seeking dismissal of plaintiffs' copyright infringement claims will be granted and thereby removed the action from his trial calendar.

Another inglorious end to a lawsuit...

source: sev.prnewswire.com | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:05 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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YouTube - Pirate Bay Captain Speaks Out on TV for the first time

One of the most popular online communities - ThePirateBay - is known as one of the Internet's largest file-sharing sites with free music, games and movies available for download. But the man behind the project is now facing copyright charges.

Dressed in black, long hair, I didn't realize I ran The Pirate Bay

source: www.youtube.com | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:28 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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PC World - Danish ISP Will Fight Order to Block Pirate Bay

One of Denmark's largest ISPs said on Wednesday it will fight a court injunction mandating that it shut off access to a file-sharing Web site, in what could be a closely-watched battle with the music industry in Europe.

They apparently have only begun to fight!

source: www.pcworld.com | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:34 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Operator of Swiss P2P Site ShareReactor Owes 4200 | Listening Post from Wired.com

After four years of legal wrangling, Swiss authorities have settled on a fine to be paid by the operator of ShareReactor, a link site that worked with the eDonkey file sharing software until it was shut down in 2004 following (or during) a police raid.

Even I can make more than that in four years. Sheesh.

source: blog.wired.com | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:01 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Record Label, Claiming Losses To P2P, Closes; Uploads Music Library To Pirate Bay

So, as a parting gift to the music community, the CEO of the company, Stefan Herwig, decided to upload the entire catalog to The Pirate Bay.

The classic "Can't Beat them... Join them" argument...

source: mashable.com | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:55 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Harvard Proposal to Publish Scholarly Research Free on the Internet - New York Times

Publish or perish has long been the burden of every aspiring university professor. But the question the Harvard faculty will decide on Tuesday is whether to publish — on the Web, at least — free.

Just one word... sweet.

source: www.nytimes.com | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:50 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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Village People Hire Web Sheriff for Assault on The Pirate Bay, ABBA on Standby | TorrentFreak

In a twin assault, the Web Sheriff anti-piracy outfit is looking to recruit Swedish group ABBA to fight against The (Evil) Pirate Bay, and at the same time launching legal action on behalf of The Village People.

There is no joke for this...

source: torrentfreak.com | posted on: February 16th, 2008 07:02:16 PM MST | posted: 1 time(s)

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