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Jammie Thomas-Rasset to Appeal $2 MIllion RIAA Verdict
Jammie Thomas-Rasset, ordered to pay $1.9 million in fines to the RIAA for copyright infringement, will appeal the ruling, according to her lawyer. This is not surprising, since, once the news of the ruling hit, even those whose songs she downloaded decried the fines as... Pirate Bay Retrial Request Rejected by Swedish Appeal Court
The Pirate Bay founders’ request of a retrial has been thrown out by a Swedish Appeal court. The four men, Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde behind the Pirate Bay file sharing hub, were sentence to 1 year in jail and ordered to pay 30m... Jammie Thomas-Rasset: Fined $2-Million in RIAA Kazaa Appeal
You may or may not remember Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the woman who lost a lawsuit for sharing 24 copyrighted songs on the peer to peer network Kazaa in 2007. In the original lawsuit the RIAA was awarded damages...
created by Tina Kells | 27 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago
1806 views | 10 recommendations | 14 comments
1806 views | 10 recommendations | 14 comments
Pirate Bay Launches iPREDator against Swedish Copyright Law
In response the Sweden's iPRED online intellectual property law, the Pirate Bay launched a tool called iPREDator, which runs an anonymizing VPN (virtual private network) service to hinder attempts to track a user's location, indentity, and Internet usage. The Pirate Bay...
created by Jordan Yerman | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago
163 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
163 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Bono on Theft
People who don't produce books or music probably can't understand the impact of copyright infringement on those who dedicate their lives to their art. Most people assume that when an artist releases a CD, they will earn millions. Only the mega-stars, such as Bono, earn...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 41 wks ago | updated 41 wks ago
185 views | 22 recommendations | 11 comments
185 views | 22 recommendations | 11 comments
Blackout Protest over New Zealand Copyright Law
New Zealand's netizens are asking for a blackout on web usage from February 16-23 over the highly-controversial Section 92A of New Zealand's Copyright Act. The blackout involves changing blog logos and user...
created by Jordan Yerman | 45 wks ago | updated 45 wks ago
432 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
432 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
Commentary: Fox Sports Employee Put Network At Risk
"Athens, GA (Jan 6, 2008) - In January of 2007, through a posting on a colleague's blog, I found out that InfoWorld Magazine had published one of my copyrighted photographs from Flickr. They had never come to me for permission, and did not credit me for the photograph. Calls...
created by Christopher Byrne | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
246 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
246 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
