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Copyfraud
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| Copyfraud is everywhere. False copyright notices appear on modern reprints of
| Shakespeare's plays, Beethoven's piano scores, greeting card versions of
| Monet's Water Lilies, and even the U.S. Constitution. Archives claim blanket
| copyright in everything in their collections. Vendors of microfilmed versions
| of historical newspapers assert copyright ownership. These false copyright
| claims, which are often accompanied by threatened litigation for reproducing
| a work without the owner's permission, result in users seeking licenses and
| paying fees to reproduce works that are free for everyone to use.
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http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=787244#PaperDownload
2006.
Pirate Bay’s YouTube Competitor is “Coming Soon”
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| The Pirate Bay team has continued developing its video streaming site - which
| will open up to the public within 5 years. On The Video Bay users can share
| video clips without having to worry about getting them taken offline due to
| copyright violations, true Pirate Bay-style.
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http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-launches-youtube-competitor-090627/
Brazilian President Shows Warmth To Pirate Bay Spokesman
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| Since 2005, a Brazilian senator has been championing new cybercrime
| legislation which would include tough measures against file-sharing.
| Yesterday, at the International Free Software Forum, the Brazilian President
| openly criticized the bill, and then posed for pictures with The Pirate Bay’s
| Peter Sunde.
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http://torrentfreak.com/brazilian-president-shows-warmth-to-pirate-bay-spokesman-090627/
Lula vai a fórum de software livre
http://tecnologia.terra.com.br/galerias/0,,OI103375-EI4795-FI1248400,00.html
Recent:
Swedish Appeals Court Denies Pirate Bay Retrial -- Says No Bias By Judge
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| The Swedish appeals court charged with looking into whether or not the judge
| in the original trial against The Pirate Bay was biased, has said they found
| no bias (for real, this time) with the judge, despite his belonging to two
| groups that have pushed for stronger copyright laws -- and the fact that the
| prosecutors' lawyers were involved in that organization as well. Apparently,
| the court says the judge should have brought this information to light
| sooner, but otherwise said it was no big deal.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090625/0949185362.shtml
Kodak Kills Off Kodachrome; Entertainment Industry Take Note
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| So it's quite a milestone to hear that the company is finally killing off
| Kodachrome, the company's iconic color stock film.
|
| The reports about it note how Kodak's business is now 70% digital and the
| company has very much embraced the digital age.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090623/0427015327.shtml
Another Scandal Surrounds Pirate Bay Judge
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| Pirate Bay judge Tomas Norström’s objectivity has already been called into
| doubt because of his ties to national and international pro-copyright lobby
| groups. Now, one of the defense lawyers says he has uncovered another scandal
| and claims to have evidence that Norström wasn’t assigned to the case
| randomly, as should be the case according to court procedure.
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http://torrentfreak.com/another-scandal-surrounds-pirate-bay-judge-090515/
Pirate Party 3rd Largest Political Party in Sweden
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| Support for the Swedish Pirate Party surged following the Pirate Bay verdict
| and today it became the third largest political party in the country. When
| they are elected for the European Parliament next month, the party hopes to
| end the abuse of copyright by multi-billion dollar corporations.
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http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-party-3rd-largest-political-party-in-sweden-090506/
Pirate Bay Verdict May Actually Lead To Pirate Party Official Joining European
Parliament
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| While the entertainment industry still really seems to think that the
| disputed verdict in the Pirate Bay trial was a victory, most folks who can
| look beyond the immediate ruling have recognized what a horrific loss this
| has been for the industry. On the technology side, it's done nothing of
| importance.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090430/0721524704.shtml
Stardock CEO: Focus On Your Customers; Don't Worry About Pirates
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| You can waste an awful lot of energy and resources "fighting pirates" and
| losing, or you can focus on actually serving your customers and making money.
| Which seems more intelligent?
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090501/1220064718.shtml
French film-makers and science fiction writers protest new anti-P2P law
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/30/french-film-makers-a.html
Google Blocking Torrent Searches
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| Google is blocking searches originating from torrent sites using Google
| Custom Search to find .torrent files, according to TorrentFreak.com, a move
| the founder of the site calls “censorship.”
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/05/01/google-blocking-torrent-searches
Poll: Swedish pro file-sharing party gains support
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| A new poll shows a Swedish party that calls for legalizing Internet
| file-sharing could win a seat in the European Parliament in June.
|
| The poll published Thursday in the Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyheter shows
| the Pirate Party's backing has surged after a court verdict against The
| Pirate Bay file-sharing site. Four men behind The Pirate Bay were convicted
| this month of copyright violations and sentenced to a year in prison.
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http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/poll-swedish-pro-filesharing-party-gains-support-20090430-ap1q.html
http://tinyurl.com/cu2azv
Swedish Pirate Party Heading for EU Parliament
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| A poll carried out by a major Swedish newspaper predicts that the Pirate
| Party will grab around 5.1% of the votes in the upcoming European Union
| elections. This means that the movement, which has gathered huge momentum due
| to the Pirate Bay ‘guilty’ verdict, will get a seat in the EU Parliament.
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http://torrentfreak.com/swedish-pirate-party-heading-for-eu-parliament-090430/
Pirate Bay IP Addresses Assigned to Prosecution Lawyers
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| The Pirate Bay recently got a new range of IPs and to everyone’s surprise
| they are now linked to several movie and music industry lawyers involved in
| the TPB trial. According to the Pirate Bay’s Wikipedia entry the change was
| due to a hostile takeover, but most people know better.
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http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-ips-assigned-to-prosecution-lawyers-090426/
Rapidshare Shares Uploader Info with Rights Holders
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| In Germany, the file-hosting service Rapidshare has handed over the personal
| details of alleged copyright infringers to several major record labels. The
| information is used to pursue legal action against the Rapidshare users and
| at least one alleged uploader saw his house raided.
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http://torrentfreak.com/rapidshare-shares-uploader-info-with-rights-holders-090425/
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