Student lawyers act for students in RIAA case
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| In what’s probably a world’s first, not lawyers, but student attorneys at the
| University of Maine School of Law’s Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic have
| themselves taken up the fight on behalf of fellow students.
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http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14433
MediaDefender Stock Plunges Due to Leaked Emails
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| It has been a rough year for MediaDefender and their parent company
| ArtistDirect. This September nearly 700mb of MediaDefender’s emails leaked to
| the public. Initially it didn’t seem to affect the stock price much, but
| after the financial consequences became apparent, their net worth plunged.
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http://torrentfreak.com/mediadefender-stock-plunges-due-to-leaked-emails-071222/
The goods are here (the hall of shame and archive of filth):
http://antitrust.slated.org/media-defender/index.html
They intercept entire protocols now (blaming 'criminals' and 'pirates' and
punishing everyone collectively).
Recent (just days ago):
RIAA writes its own "news" for local TV stations
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| Then there's this gem: "Audio quality on pirated CDs is usually atrocious."
| Someone alert the RIAA to how digital copying actually works, please.
|
| [...]
|
| Lending credence to the video, though, is the fact that it follows a recent
| RIAA press release almost exactly. Though that release says nothing about a
| video news feed, it does mention that the RIAA is launching a "holiday
| anti-piracy campaign" that "offers shoppers innovative gift ideas and tips
| for avoiding pirate product." The campaign is set to focus on 15 cities
| with "exceptionally high piracy rates" (every major US city, apparently).
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071221-riaa-writes-its-own-news.html
MPAA wins copyright case against TorrentSpy
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| Cooper, in a ruling made public Monday, agreed with the MPAA that defendants
| Justin Bunnell, Forrest Parker, Wes Parker and Valence Media had destroyed
| evidence after another judge had ordered them to keep server logs, user IP
| (Internet Protocol) addresses and other information. TorrentSpy billed itself
| as a central location to find files distributed on BitTorrent P-to-P
| (peer-to-peer) networks.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071218/tc_infoworld/94111
Related:
BitTorrent Admin Monitored by US Government, Forced to Dump Linux
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| Sk0t, an ex-administrator of the EliteTorrents BitTorrent tracker is to have
| his internet connection forcibly monitored by the US Government. If that
| wasn’t bad enough, the monitoring software is Windows based - which means he
| is being forced to ditch Linux - or face being barred from the internet.
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http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-admin-monitored-by-us-government-forced-to-dump-linux/
Senators want probe of Comcast's BitTorrent 'discrimination'
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| The senators suggested the incidents indicate "Congress should consider
| adopting targeted regulations to protect consumers and ensure a vibrant and
| open communications platform."
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9805308-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Congressman to Comcast: Stop interfering with BitTorrent
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| While a class action lawsuit is definitely one way to get Comcast to behave,
| another perhaps more productive way to do so is to have politicians step in
| and regulate.
|
| On Tuesday, I discussed the issue of Comcast's anti-BitTorrent "network
| management" with Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., who is a strong supporter of
| consumer rights and has led the battle to undo the damage caused by the
| Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9804158-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Torrentspy Disables Searching For US IPs
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| Torrent indexing site Torrentspy.com appears to have disabled torrent
| searches for IPs that originate in the United States.
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/27/1541244&from=rss
RIAA backs down on granny charges
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| MediaSentry's snooping status was also questioned in a case in Oregon a
| couple of weeks ago . It appears that the RIAA fears that if a Judge rules
| that MediaSentry spying is illegal than all its cases will go belly up.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/17/riaa-backs-grannie-charges
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| "It also was strange to see just how many resources are aligned
| against me when I write a story about Microsoft."
|
| "there were close to a dozen other people involved...Some transcribed
| the interviews I conducted; others kept notes on my every utterance
| for clues about what questions I might ask next and ultimately what my
| story would say; others briefed executives with questions I had asked
| and suggested good answers."
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http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/03/enough_about_me.html
RIAA, MPAA urge pro-copyright vows from presidential candidates
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| One question, for instance, asks: "How would you promote the progress of
| science and creativity, as enumerated in the U.S. Constitution, by upholding
| and strengthening copyright law and preventing its diminishment?"
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9821141-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
The First Thanksgiving
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| Today we have record companies suing moms, we have artists suing record
| companies, we have writers striking on the media. What has caused all of this
| turmoil? Well the rise of the Internet of course!
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http://www.osdcm.com/home/the-first-thanksgiving/
Fair use boosts US economy more than copyright
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| The CCIA referred to recent estimates of the industry wide value added net
| revenue of fair use versus copyright based industries. Copyright based value
| amounts to $1.3 trillion, whereas fair use value amounts to $2.2 trillion,
| according to the CCIA report. Thus the fair use contribution to the US
| economy is 70 per cent greater than that of copyright.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42331
Grandmother targets RIAA ‘investigators’
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| Taking a page out of Tanya Andersen’s book, Hurricane Rita survivor
| Rhonda Crain is also targeting the RIAA practice of using
| unlicensed ‘investigators’ in its bizarre sue ‘em all marketing
| campaign.
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http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12674
An Oregon Woman's Lawsuit against the RIAA, Alleging Racketeering and Malicious
Prosecution
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| however, that the RIAA is, at a minimum, very foolish to press suits
| for purported file-sharing against unlikely defendants like Andersen -
| who alleges that she came forward with solid proof of her innocence.
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http://writ.news.findlaw.com/ramasastry/20070628.html
Big Content asks presidential candidates for more restrictive copyright laws
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| The Copyright Alliance, which counts the MPAA and RIAA amongst its members,
| has sent letters and questionnaires to presidential candidates in an effort
| to determine where they stand on issues relating to intellectual property
| law.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071121-riaampaa-ask-presidential-candidates-for-more-restrictive-copyright-laws.html
http://tinyurl.com/yo8oqz
How Apple orchestrated web attack on researchers
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| Apple is a mega corporation that nearly smashed the reputation of
| two individuals with bogus claims of fraud. It didn't matter
| that they weren't the ones pulling the trigger because they
| were pulling all the strings.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=451
Apple Bullies Bloggers, Again
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| Apple has a history of using lawyers against bloggers. There was
| the now infamous Think Secret lawsuit, which may have had merit.
| But they also engage in clearly superfluous, bullying tactics as well.
|
| [...]
|
| The offending download page is here (the software has now been
| removed). Blogger Paul O'Brien simply linked to this download
| page and included a screenshot of the user interface and also
| received a cease & desist letter from Apple's lawyers.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/13/apple-bullies-bloggers-again/
Gates blackmailed Danish government
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| Microsoft boss Bill Gates threatened to kill 800 Danish jobs if
| Denmark opposed the European Computer Implemented Inventions
| Directive, reports today's Danish financial daily Børsen,
| quoted by NoSoftwarePatents.com.
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http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/02162005a.php
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