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• Leaked Documents Reveal Anti-Piracy Cash Operation

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 716
  In 2007, UK lawyers Davenport Lyons (DL) got into the lucrative business of threatening to sue file-sharers. Their clients used anti-piracy tracking companies to harvest the IP addresses of many thousands of users allegedly sharing video games. This information was used to get court orders which forced ISPs to hand ...
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• Psystar dealt crushing blow in ongoing legal proceedings with Apple

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 161
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• Google Book Settlement revised; Open Book Alliance pans it as mere nip and tuck

  
  Between the Lines — Authority: 687
  Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers have modified their digital book agreement in an effort to placate the Justice Department and other critics.
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• Architectural overreaching

  
  Scholarly Communications @ Duke — Authority: 111
  This recent post on the TechDirt blog drew my attention (and that of may others) to an earlier note on the Freakonomics blog about an artist who pays an annual fee plus a percentage of his earnings to the University of Texas, Austin for the right to paint pictures of famous UT buildings like the Texas Tower and to use ...
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• AFACT v iiNet: Safe Harbor Protection Intact, Says iiNet

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 716
  The trial continues in the copyright infringement case of AFACT – representing several Hollywood studios – and Aussie ISP iiNet (multiple links to all our earlier coverage can be found here and here and here ) The case continued in the Federal Court, with iiNet barrister Richard Cobden beginning his closing ...
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• Pre-Release Music Piracy: Further Arrests, Exec Loses Job

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 716
  Earlier this year, DV8, one of the busiest ‘Scene’ music piracy groups responsible for more than 3,000 single and album releases, suffered major setbacks. A BPI investigation led to a police swoop on members of the group. They were subjected to searches, seizure of their computers and other assorted items, and ...
  3 days ago

• AFACT v iiNet: Judge Asked To Disregard iiNet Evidence

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 716
  The trial continues in the copyright infringement case of AFACT – representing several Hollywood studios – and Aussie ISP iiNet (links to our earlier coverage can be found here ) and here . The case continued in the Federal Court, with AFACT continuing to make its closing submissions, marked by further attempts ...
  4 days ago

• AFACT v iiNet: Barrister Tears Into iiNet Key Witnesses

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 716
  The trial continues in the copyright infringement case of AFACT – representing several Hollywood studios – and Aussie ISP iiNet (links to our earlier coverage can be found here ) The case continued in the Federal Court, with AFACT making its closing submissions and tearing into iiNet witnesses CEO Michael Malone ...
  6 days ago

• Copyright should be an author’s right (part 2)

  
  Scholarly Communications @ Duke — Authority: 111
  As promised in the last post, here is a very different look at the copyright incentive and the need to be thoughtful and cautious when we talk about copyright as an author’s right. In the Autumn 2009 issue of The American Scholar , William J. Quirk writes an absolutely fascinating reflection on the finances of F. ...
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• Anti-Piracy Group Responds to Media, Not DRM Breaker

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 716
  Frustrated Danish citizen Henrik Anderson recently reported himself to anti-piracy outfit Antipiratgruppen for breaking the DRM on more than one hundred legally purchased DVD movies and TV shows for use on his media center. “As the law is today, you can not have a media center without breaking the law,” he told ...
  1 week ago

• Anti-Piracy Group Throws in the Towel, Pirates Walk Free

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 716
  In Denmark, the local anti-piracy outfit Antipiratgruppen has given up on trying to get illegal file-sharers convicted and has announced that it will no longer take them to court. This decision is the result of Antipiratgruppen’s inability to gather solid evidence, which has resulted in several lost court cases in ...
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• IFPI Loses: Telenor Will Not Block The Pirate Bay

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 716
  This March, IFPI – backed by several Hollywood movie companies – gave Telenor, Norway’s largest ISP, a warning: block your users from accessing The Pirate Bay within 14 days or we will take legal action. Without any legal basis, Telenor refused to comply. “This would be the same as demanding that the postal ...
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• AFACT v iiNet: ISP: “We Should Not Be Doing AFACT’s Work”

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 716
  It’s day thirteen in the copyright infringement case of AFACT – representing several Hollywood studios – and Aussie ISP iiNet (earlier coverage of day one , day two , day three , day four , day five , day six , day seven , day eight , day nine , day ten , day eleven , day twelve . The case ...
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• File-Sharers Protected Under Proposed EU Legislation

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 716
  Last night a committee comprised of EU government representatives, Members of the European Parliament and the European Commission settled their differences, which will now lead to a vote on acceptance of the controversial EU Telecoms Reform Package, aimed at boosting competition. With a vote of 407 in favor, 57 ...
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• AFACT v iiNet: It’s Impossible to Block The Pirate Bay

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 716
  It’s day twelve in the copyright infringement case of AFACT – representing several Hollywood studios – and Aussie ISP iiNet (earlier coverage of day one , day two , day three , day four , day five , day six , day seven , day eight , day nine , day ten , day eleven . The case continued Thursday in ...
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• Copyright should be an author’s right (part 1)

  
  Scholarly Communications @ Duke — Authority: 111
  It seems like such a simple point.  And the rhetoric of authors’ entitlement to the fruits of their labors has always been prominent in copyright debates, although it was usually on the lips of printers and publishers whose real concerns were much different.  Two very different articles have once again led me to ...
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• AFACT v iiNet: Half of All iiNet Traffic is BitTorrent

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 716
  It’s day eleven in the copyright infringement case of AFACT – representing several Hollywood studios – and Aussie ISP iiNet (earlier coverage of day one , day two , day three , day four , day five , day six , day seven , day eight , day nine , day ten . The case continued Wednesday in the Federal ...
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• Secret Anti-Piracy Treaty Turns ISPs into Pirates

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 716
  ACTA is an international agreement that aims to target piracy and counterfeiting globally. The degree of secrecy surrounding the negotiations is astonishing. Many institutions, the press and various individuals have requested that participating countries provide an insight into their plans, but none have succeeded ...
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• DRM Breaker Reports Himself To Anti-Piracy Group

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 716
  In his self-written mass-infringement notice entitled “Notification of digital copies of legally bought DVD movies,” frustrated citizen Henrik Andersen confesses all to an anti-piracy outfit, in the hope of sparking debate on the catch 22 situation he and other Danish consumers find themselves in. “I’ve ...
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• Anish Kapoor at the Royal Academy

  
  Preik - The design aggregator — Authority: 476
    We nipped along to the Royal Academy over the weekend to check out the Anish Kapoor show that opened there recently.  The show collects together a few of Kapoor s early pieces, including some of the pigment works from the 80s; as well as two of his amorphous works: When I Am Pregnant (1992), and ...
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