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German court finds parent liable for child's file-sharing
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| Parents can be legally responsible for the
| unlawful behaviour of their children using
| home internet connections, a German court
| has ruled. It said that a woman had a duty
| to monitor the use to which her internet
| connection was put.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/26/parent_filesharing/
RIAA in pickle over Jammie Thomas ruling
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| The music industry will have to make some
| very tough choices within the next week
| about file sharer Jammie Thomas-Rasset.
|
| The Recording Industry Association of
| America wants to put the Thomas-Rasset
| affair behind it. The Brainerd, Minn.,
| mother--who refused to settle with the RIAA
| for $5,000 over copyright infringement
| allegations, instead fighting it out in
| court--has been found liable of willful
| copyright infringement by two different
| juries and was ordered to pay damages of
| $222,000 in her first trial (a decision
| later thrown out) and $1.9 million last
| June in her retrial.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10440602-261.html
Gorillaz manager criticises Pharrell Williams file-sharing views
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| Earlier this week, Pharrell Williams told
| the MidemNet conference that illegal file-
| sharing is âjust taste-testingâ. Itâs fair
| to say that Chris Morrison â who manages
| Gorillaz, Blur and other artists â doesnât
| agree.
|
| In fact, he said so himself at the MIDEM
| Manager Summit this afternoon, responding
| directly to Williamsâ claim. âItâs not
| [like taste-testing]. Itâs like giving them
| the whole bloody meal!â
|
| Morrison said he was fairly ambivalent
| about file-sharing until recently, when
| Stylo, the lead single from the new
| Gorillaz album leaked, mere hours after the
| first CD pressings were made.
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http://musically.com/blog/2010/01/25/gorillaz-manager-criticises-pharrell-williams-file-sharing-views/
New Attempt To Get Around Section 230 In Apparent Effort To Bury Small Site With Legal Expenses
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| We've seen all sorts of attempts to get
| around Section 230 safe harbors by various
| companies -- almost all of which have
| failed. But they keep on trying. Paul Alan
| Levy alerts us to a new case, in which he
| (and Public Citizen) are helping out, that
| involves a company called Vision Media TV,
| whose business has been heavily criticized
| in the press. According to the various
| reports, the company calls organizations to
| get them to take part in a TV show with a
| semi-famous host, which they claim will be
| shown on TV.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100122/0236407864.shtml
For âAvatar,â three-strikes means a quick out
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| Often overlooked in the hoopla surrounding
| the three-strikes provision in Franceâs
| Creation and the Internet law passed last
| year that established a procedure for
| cutting off Internet access for repeat
| copyright infringers, were other measures
| strictly regulating release windows for
| movies in France. Under the law, any movie
| released theatrically in France must be
| released on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as
| made available for authorized downloads,
| exactly four months after its theatrical
| debut.
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http://themediawonk.com/2010/01/17/for-avatar-three-strikes-means-a-quick-out/
âAvatarâ blogging blues
http://themediawonk.com/2010/01/20/avatar-blogging-blues/
Recent:
What Lies at the Heart of "Avatar"?
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| Oh, look: Linux. Why am I not surprised...?
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-lies-at-heart-of-avatar.html
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