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RIAA gives thumbs up to France's three-strike law
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| France has passed a law that requires Internet service providers to cut off
| Web access of customers accused of illegally downloading copyright material
| multiple times.
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| Last Thursday, the French National Assembly passed the "Creation and
| Internet" law, which implements a graduated response program similar to one
| the recording industry is asking ISPs in the United States to adopt.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10215602-93.html
Questions Raised About Logo Artist Who Was Accused Of 'Stealing' From Himself
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| There are also some other claims that Engle had absolutely nothing to do with
| some of the logos that he said he designed. However, as the public scrutiny
| of Engle's story is spreading, Engle's reputation is taking a big hit --
| showing how the damage done to one's own reputation by plagiarism can be
| punitive, even without invoking copyright law. Reputation is a scarce good...
| destroying it by lying and duping a bunch of folks is going to come back to
| bite you.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090409/2257424461.shtml
Recent:
France's anti-piracy fight 'too costly'
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| France's telcos are protesting the huge price of the Gallic government's
| anti-piracy crackdown.
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| A draft law that goes before France's lower house, the National Assembly,
| next Wednesday requires local Internet service providers to contact
| onlinepirates by email and suspend repeat offenders' Internet connection.
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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000645.html?categoryid=19&cs=1&nid=2562
Eircom to block Pirate Bay
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| In a letter sent to ISPs across the country last week, the Irish Recorded
| Music Association (IRMA) disclosed the deal and warned others to follow suit
| or face legal action.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/23/irma_demands_irish_isps_block_access_to_piracy_sites/
Irish ISP Eircom in 'three strike' filesharer crackdown
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| Eircom had argued it was under no obligation to monitor the content of
| traffic over its network.
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| The music labels originally wanted the court to order Eircom to install
| software from a US firm to detect copyrighted music files sent over its
| network. The ISP objected, saying the software could breach its customer's
| privacy.
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| Instead, Eircom settled for the increasingly-familiar
| three-strikes "graduated response" program. The first time a subscriber's IP
| is detected infringing copyright, a warning is sent out. The second time, the
| subscriber is cautioned that they will be disconnected. Number three is the
| big disconnect.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/03/eircom_agrees_to_three_strikes_enforcement/
ISP Capitulates to IFPI, Agrees to Disconnect Pirates
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| Up until today, the ‘Big Four’ record labels were taking legal action against
| Ireland’s biggest ISP, Eircom, in order to force it to employ filtering
| technology to stop online pirates. The case has been aborted as Eircom, at
| the behest of the music industry, has agreed to start disconnecting those
| accused of illicit file-sharing.
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http://torrentfreak.com/isp-capitulates-to-ifpi-agrees-to-disconnect-pirates-090128/
French Net black-out against "graduated response"
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| Opposing the stubborn and ridiculous will of the French governement to
| disconnect whole families from the Internet without real proof or trial, La
| Quadrature du Net issues a call to all freedom-cherishing citizens to
| a "black-out" of their sites, blogs, profiles, avatars,... As has been done
| in New Zealand, the only other country with France where the "graduated
| response" would have been imposed by law, and was finally pushed back: to
| protest against this stupid law and its "white list" of authorized websites,
| the French Web must act and dress in black.
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http://www.laquadrature.net/en/french-net-blackout-against-graduated-response
Music industry's Irish ISP shakedown letter leaked
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| An internet hosting company has published a copy of the nasty-gram Ireland's
| music industry lawyers bulk-mailed to that country's internet service
| providers, demanding they begin blocking access to any website accused of
| piracy or else.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/25/irma_letter_to_isps_blacknight_solutions/
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.
|
| 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
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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