Copyright Infringement articles

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  American ISPs reportedly rolling out 'six strikes' anti-piracy rules on Monday

  By Adi Robertson on February 23, 2013 03:58 pm + 233 comments

  A long-delayed set of anti-piracy rules could be put in place early next week. Sources have told Continue reading…

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  Anti-piracy groups want Google to allow even more takedown requests per day

  By Adi Robertson on February 19, 2013 12:04 pm + 51 comments

  Google's takedown system for Search — which lets entities submit requests to remove URLs with Continue reading…

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  Google isn't teaming up with credit card companies to block pirates' funding, sources say

  By Adi Robertson on February 19, 2013 10:54 am + 16 comments

  Accusations of abetting piracy have plagued Google for years, whether because of illicit Android Continue reading…

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  CBS claims Dish hid commercial-skipping Auto Hop feature during contract negotiations

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 22, 2013 10:15 pm + 45 comments

  According to a new claim from CBS, Dish withheld that it was working on its commercial-skipping Auto Continue reading…

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  Chinese man pleads guilty to selling pirated commercial software worth $100 million

  By Adi Robertson on January 8, 2013 12:10 am + 19 comments

  A Chinese man has pleaded guilty to selling pirated media — but instead of music, movies, or Continue reading…

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  Member of file-sharing group given 5 years in prison for uploading movies

  By Adi Robertson on January 3, 2013 08:36 pm + 147 comments

  Jail terms for members of the BitTorrent-based movie-sharing group iMAGiNE continue to set records: W Continue reading…

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  Judge upholds $675,000 fine for sharing 30 songs, says it isn't 'obviously unreasonable'

  By Kimber Streams on August 24, 2012 11:42 am + 209 comments

  Former Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum's $675,000 fine for illegally downloading and Continue reading…

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  Demonoid torrent tracker shut down by Ukrainian police

  By Adi Robertson on August 6, 2012 11:45 am + 145 comments

  Demonoid, a popular BitTorrent tracker currently hosted in Ukraine, is offline after reportedly Continue reading…

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  Embedding copyrighted video is not infringement, rules Posner

  By Jeff Blagdon on August 2, 2012 10:05 pm + 34 comments

  Embedding copyright-infringing videos on your website isn’t in itself copyright infringement, r Continue reading…

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  Leaked slides show the RIAA might hit snags identifying copyright infringement, doesn't really care about SOPA

  By Adi Robertson on July 30, 2012 06:21 pm + 18 comments

  The RIAA is still pushing hard for anti-piracy policies, but it may be looking more towards private Continue reading…