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HMV’s CEO Simon Fox has backed calls for Internet Service Providers to do more to prevent illegal downloading of copyright material. Fox echoed statements made by Nintendo head of piracy Neil Boyd, who said ISPs are in an ideal position to deal with infringements.” The Government last week introduced proposals …
Read More »US: File-sharing mum fined $2m
A 32-year-old single mum has been ordered by a Minneapolis court to pay $1.92m to the Recording Industry Association of America after being found guilty of breaching the copyright of just 24 songs. The Guardian reports that Jammie was one of 30,000 people initially found guilty and ordered to pay …
Read More »DIGITAL BRITAIN: Pressure mounts on file-sharers
Regulating body Ofcom is to be given the power to demand that ISPs hand over account information concerning people who persist is sharing files over the internet. ISPs will also be required to inform users that their inappropriate activity must cease, and will be encouraged to cut the connections of …
Read More »7m Brits download illegally
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property claims that seven million UK residents have illegally downloaded files from the internet in the last 12 months, with the cumulative value of the stolen material estimated to be 120bn. It adds that 1.3m people use a file-sharing network at least once a …
Read More »Pirate Bay case could swing piracy battle
This week has seen the beginning of a potentially important legal case that could see the momentum in the battle against IP and copyrighted material theft swing back in favour rights holders. Swedish prosecutors on Monday set out their case against The Pirate Bay, the internet’s leading BitTorrent file-sharing site, …
Read More »FRANCE: Three strikes policy to hit file-sharers
The French Senate has passed a new law designed to crack down on internet file-sharing as the battle against online IP theft reaches the continent. Music Week reports that the French Senate has recently passed a three strikes and you’re out” law raised by President Sarkozy which, as the name …
Read More »Which?: Atari mis-targeting file-sharers
Leading consumer rights outfit Which? has claimed that Atari and law firm Davenport Lyons are wrongly accusing people of file-sharing titles, even when no evidence of the activity exists. The BBC reports that a case was recently dropped against a Scottish couple accused of sharing PC title Race07, despite the …
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