Battle Against File Sharing Starts in Norway

PC World

Movie and record companies want Norwegian operator Telenor to block access to The Pirate Bay file - sharing site and have filed documents in a Norwegian district court seeking a temporary injunction. The battle between Telenor and movie and record ...

Record Cos. Win $2M In File - Sharing Copyright Case

IP Law360 (subscription), NY

Law360, New York (June 19, 2009) -- A jury has ordered Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the target of the first Recording Industry Association of America copyright case over online file - sharing to go to trial, to pay $1.92 million in damages in connection with 24 ...

Economists say P2P file - sharing fuels art

Register, UK

But even if the money can still flow, what impact has file - sharing had on its production?: While album sales have generally fallen since 2000, the number of albums being created has exploded. In 2000, 35516 albums were released. ...

Music file sharing costs woman $1.92 million in fines

The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com, PA

by Adam Richter Old-fashioned vinyl LPs can't be shared over the Internet. That's one way to avoid multi-million-dollar lawsuits. One more victory for vinyl lovers (and, sadly, greedy music label executives). A Minnesota woman who shared music files ...

iDisk for iPhone enables file viewing, sharing

CNET News, CA

by Rick Broida Apple's iDisk file -viewing and - sharing app is free, but you must be a MobileMe subscriber to use it. If that sounds familiar, it's because these capabilities already exist in apps like Air Sharing , File Sharing , and Soonr. ...

Video: Apple Rolls Out New IPhone and Cheaper $99 Model The Associated Press

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Web support pours out for Iran protesters

The Associated Press

Even the file - sharing site Pirate Bay, best known for its run-ins with the law over copyright infringement, has jumped in with the launch of a network that helps Iranians surf anonymously. Still, it was difficult to tell just how much of this ...

Video: Twitter's role in Iran coverage WLUK

Web tangled in Iranian struggle Asia Times Online

How Iran's Internet works msnbc.com

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Man Sentenced For Distributing Child Porn

News4Jax.com, FL

At that time, the Martin County Sheriff's office began investigating a file - sharing network that was distributing child pornography. They discovered Duncan used the network, and traced him back to Jacksonville. With the help of officers in Jacksonville ...

Martin deputies help convict Jacksonville man on child porn charges Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)

Jacksonville man headed to federal prison for Internet ... Florida Times-Union

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Dist. 204 bans file - sharing devices from its schools

Chicago Daily Herald, IL

By Justin Kmitch | Daily Herald Staff Indian Prairie students may soon be marching to their beats - literally - as the district moves to ban all mp3 players, cameras and other file - sharing devices from middle school and high school campuses. ...

Half the Price of Dropbox, Requires No Data Reorganization, Backs ...

Linux PR (press release), CT

SpiderOak charges $100/year per 100GB for a complete package of services, including backup, file sharing , remote access and storage of any files designated by the user PLUS sync'ing of selected folders. In contrast, Dropbox costs $99/year for 50GB of ...

FileTwt - File - sharing On Twitter

Zeropaid, CA

FileTwt is handy new file - sharing service that lets you share files with family or friends using the popular Twitter social networking and micro-blogging service. It offers two types of FileTwts, public and private, the latter requiring registration. ...

FileTwt: Fast File Sharing on Twitter Mashable

True P2P File Sharing Via Twitter: FileTwt ReadWriteWeb

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From Pirate Bay, a torpedo to illegal file sharing

Globe and Mail, Canada

Friday, Hollywood struck back and won in the latest battle against illegal file sharing , a trend that the industry says costs it more than $6-billion (US) a year. A Swedish court delivered a devastating blow to online file - sharing , imposing jail ...

Video: EuroShock: Pirates storm Parliament RT

Swedish Pirate Party to win European Parliament seat? DaniWeb

Swedish Pirate Party Set To Win Seats In EU Elections Intellectual Property Watch

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Universities Cope with New Anti-Piracy Requirement

CSO, MA

The act included several new provisions, but the one that has Reis and others on college campuses concerned is a new requirement that schools ensure they are doing all they can to combat illegal file sharing among students. The new rules, according to ...

Illegal file - sharing downloads 'costs UK 12.5bn and thousands of ...

Daily Mail, UK

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) estimates there were 890 million free illegal music downloads through file sharing networks in the UK in 2007, compared with 140 million paid downloads. The SABIP report found music ...

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10 per cent of Brits are 'illegally file sharing ' TechRadar UK

7 Million UK Broadband ISP Users Involved in Illegal File Sharing ISPReview UK

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FAST Vents Anger at Governments Illegal File Sharing Proposals

ISPReview UK, UK

The Federation Against Software Theft and Investors in Software (FAST IiS) has launched an attack on the government's suggestion that illegal downloader's could face reductions in their broadband speed instead of being cut-off from their ISP (original ...

New Twitter Feature Allows File Sharing

Paste Magazine, GA

In addition to allowing users to upload photos and videos to accompany their 140-character updates, Twitter will now allow file sharing with its FileTwt feature. Users can upload any file (up to 20MB) to share with the Twitter world. ...

UK Government threatens "technical measures" in file - sharing clampdown

Pocket-lint.com, UK

The UK government's culture secretary, Andy Burnham, has announced that "technical measures" may be implemented, as part of the fight against illegal file - sharing . Later this month, Lord Carter's "Digital Britain" report is due, and the measures ...

ISPs may be allowed to choke illegal file -sharers ComputerWeekly.com

Government threatens file sharers with "technical measures" PC Pro

Broadband ISP's To Not Cut Off Illegal File Sharers Broadband Internet UK News

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Briefs: Capitol vs. Thomas-Rasset, YouTube, Spotify

Billboard Business News, NY

(The Tech Beat) -- The judge in the Joel Tenenbaum file sharing case has lost patience with the antics of the defense team, but she granted it the right to use "fair use" as a defense (which should be fascinating) and will allow two defense witnesses ...

Sweden-based party aims to fend off powerful copyright lobby.

Canada.com, Canada

From ordinary citizens facing onerous penalties for file sharing , to draconian measures such as online monitoring and punishing Internet Service Providers for the actions of their users, Falkvinge said basic rights are disappearing. ...

What to make of Pirate Party's EU win? Otago Daily Times

Pirate Bay turns into 'private' bay TechRadar UK

Pirate Bay Launches VPN Service Wired News

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Fur, fascism and file - sharing at the EU

St. John's Telegram, Canada

They are under the delusion that all writers, musicians and songwriters are already rich, and " file - sharing " their creations is a human right, not theft. When all this is deemed rational, it's no wonder pro seal hunt arguments didn't stand a chance at ...

Reactions to the Digital Britain report from politicians, media ...

guardian.co.uk, UK

Ian Twinn, public affairs director of ISBA, the UK advertisers' trade body: "It will be for others to comment on the details affecting the media, the cost to telephone line subscribers of the new levy and the crackdown on file sharing . ...

Video: MPs told the BBC may have to share the licence fee itn news

Experts react to Digital Britain BBC News

Digital Britain report draws mixed reactions Hollywood Reporter

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