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 20, 2009 - 3:05 pm
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Details of Lord Mandelson’s draconian pro-copyright plans contained in the Digital Economy Bill leaked out yesterday, provoking a wave of dissent. The Liberal Democrats have now made a statement, voicing dismay at this “utterly shameless” attempt to introduce major rules without proper Commons assessment.
http://torrentfreak.com/uk-anti-piracy-plans-slammed-by-liberal-democrats-091120/
November 15, 2009 - 10:45 pm
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A source inside lawyers Davenport Lyons and their partner DigiProtect has leaked sensitive documents detailing how the companies generated profit from porn. They show how the pair extracted money from alleged file-sharers, how the revenue was split and how individuals were ranked to decide who to chase and who to leave alone.
http://torrentfreak.com/leaked-documents-reveal-anti-piracy-cash-operation-091115/
November 5, 2009 - 3:30 pm
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Day eleven of the trial between anti-piracy group AFACT and Aussie ISP iiNet. The ISP’s CEO Michael Malone took the stand for the third day running and faced allegations that iiNet encouraged users to download music and TV shows, and actively pursued high bandwidth customers in order to boost company profits.
http://torrentfreak.com/afact-v-iinet-half-of-iinet-traffic-is-bittorrent-091104/
November 7, 2009 - 6:29 pm
Thank god!
Those anti-pirates are getting busted out of EU.