Piracy AFACT Blasts Judge, Will Appeal iiNet ISP Liability Decision In early February, AFACT, representing several Hollywood movie studios, lost its case against Aussie ISP iiNet after a judge ruled the ISP was not responsible… February 25, 2010, 11:55 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy US Government Consults Public On Illegal File-Sharing The PRO-IP Act is a United States law that aims to combat copyright infringement by increasing civil and criminal penalties for offenders. Copyright czar Victoria… February 24, 2010, 23:30 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy RapidShare Ordered To Proactively Filter Book Titles Six book publishers have gained an injunction against file-hosting company, RapidShare. The Swiss-based 'cyberlocker' service must monitor user uploads to ensure that around 148 titles,… February 24, 2010, 15:42 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy New Zealand Introduces File-Sharing Amendment Bill Following widespread objections, New Zealand’s Section92A ‘guilty upon accusation’ anti-piracy law was scrapped last year. Today, The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill will be… February 23, 2010, 22:49 by Andy Maxwell
isoHunt to Appeal in MPAA Lawsuit, Sees The Lite Last year the BitTorrent search engine isoHunt lost in court against the MPAA. A Californian court ruled that isoHunt was guilty of inducing copyright infringement… February 23, 2010, 15:53 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy UK Says ‘No’ To Disconnecting File-Sharers, Sort Of One of the key clauses in the UK's Digital Economy Bill is the suggestion that alleged persistent copyright infringers could be disconnected from the Internet.… February 22, 2010, 23:30 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy Isn’t Killing The Movie Industry, Greed Is At the box-office the major movie studios are raking in record profits, but their continuing refusal to widely adopt online business opportunities are hindering progress.… February 22, 2010, 19:57 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Piracy Anti-Piracy Group Loses In Court, Doesn’t Want To Pay Costs At the beginning of February, AFACT, representing several Hollywood movie studios, lost its case against iiNet after the court decided that the ISP was not… February 22, 2010, 15:54 by Andy Maxwell