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As Sarkozy Pushes Three Strikes, He Pays Up For His Own Copyright Violations
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| Now, you might hope that this would cause Sarkozy to rethink his stance on
| copyright infringement. Instead, it looks like his political party has simply
| agreed to pay up and make the issue go away, while still pushing for the
| three strikes law. It sounds like they paid about 30,000 euros, which is a
| lot more than the single euro that Sarkozy's party initially offered (yes,
| seriously). No word on whether or not this counts towards the number of
| strikes on Sarkozy's internet connection.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090428/1204424684.shtml
RIAA settles for $7,000 after 4 years pursuing NY mum
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| For a while she became something of a poster child for the file-sharing
| community. In January 2006 an online news service collected money for
| Santangelo's defence fund as part of its “Fight Goliath” campaign to
| help “victims” of the RIAA.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/29/riaa_paltry_settlement/
Recent:
Metallica’s Lars Ulrich ‘Pirates’ His Own Album
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| It’s been nearly nine years since Lars Ulrich became one of the most vocal
| opponents of Napster and the generation of file-sharers it spawned. Not one
| to speak about something he has no experience of, Ulrich has just admitted
| downloading his own album, Death Magnetic, and it was “bizarre”.
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http://torrentfreak.com/metallica-frontman-pirates-his-own-album-090305/
Political Hypocrisy: French President Sued for Copyright Infringement
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| This may very well become the most ironic stories of 2009 in the copyright
| debate. The CBC is reporting that French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been
| sued by an independent band for copyright infringement.
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http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10034/Political+Hypocrisy+French+President+Sued+for+Copyright+Infringement
Is Nicholas Sarkozy One Strike Towards Losing His Internet Connection?
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| The latest is that French President, Nicholas Sarkozy, a big supporter of
| setting up a three strikes law in France, is being accused of violating
| copyright law himself.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090226/0101073907.shtml
Music Executive Ridiculed at Pirate Bay Trial
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| Laughter filled The Pirate Bay trial here Wednesday when John Kennedy, the
| chief executive of the International Federation of Phonographic Industries,
| testified that people would have purchased every music track they got free
| file sharing.
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| Kennedy answered an affirmative "Yes" to Pirate Bay defense attorneys when
| asked whether that was true. Bursting laughter could be heard from the audio
| room beside the courtroom where the trial's sound was being broadcast.
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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/piratebaywednes.html
British Government Violates Copyright
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| As much as I utterly despise the entire premise of Intellectual Monopoly,
| this is about violating the principles of a Free License, and if it's good
| enough for the British government to violate our civil rights in the name of
| Intellectual Monopoly, then it's good enough for the Free World to protect
| its "property" (in fact Freedom) too…
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http://slated.org/british_government_violates_copyright
UK government stole website theme
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| NUMBER 10, the UK Prime Minister's website, is apparently built using a
| design it nicked.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/18/uk-government-stole-website
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