November 21, 2009 - 6:51 pm
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The British government has brought down its long-awaited Digital Economy Bill, and it’s perfectly useless and terrible. It consists almost entirely of penalties for people who do things that upset the entertainment industry (including the “three-strikes” rule that allows your entire family to be cut off from the net if anyone who lives in your [...]
November 10, 2009 - 12:59 pm
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The case continues between anti-piracy group AFACT and Aussie ISP iiNet. As AFACT makes its closing submissions, their chief barrister Tony Bannon has torn into the evidence and credibility of iiNet’s key witnesses, CEO Michael Malone and chief regulatory officer Steve Dalby.
http://torrentfreak.com/afact-v-iinet-barrister-tears-into-iinet-key-witnesses-091110/
November 7, 2009 - 6:27 pm
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Following several legal setbacks, a Danish anti-piracy group which represents the music and movie industry, has announced that it will stop going after illegal file-sharers. The outfit came to this decision after it lost several court cases against alleged copyright infringers.
http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-group-throws-in-the-towel-pirates-walk-free-091107/
