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Anti-Piracy Group Seeks Laws to Expose BitTorrent Pirates
Last month it became apparent that investigations by music industry group IFPI were leading to raids against file-sharers conducted by the Swedish police. All of those arrested were allegedly identified as major file-sharers due to their use of Direct Connect. With millions of individuals using BitTorrent and a relative handful using Direct Connect (DC), many wondered why this smaller group were considered worth of police attention.
Continue reading »New Anti-Piracy Task Force Set To Pressure File-Sharers
During the last two years, Sweden has created a number of posts with responsibility for dealing with violations of intellectual property. In 2010 the resources dedicated by the authorities to this seemingly unwinnable battle are set to increase. In the spring a new task force will go into operation dealing with file-sharing and other intellectual property violations.
Continue reading »Pirate Party Condemns $5.4m Claim Against P2P Operator
Finland’s Pirate Party ( Piraattipuolue ) has today told TorrentFreak that it condemns what it describes as an “astronomical” claim against the operator of a Direct Connect file-sharing hub. The individual faces a huge claim for damages amounting to 3.6m euros ($5.4m). The claim, which originates from 2007, comes from Finnish anti-piracy group CIAPC (Copyright Information & Anti-Piracy Centre) and is leveled at the operator of a hub known as BAWD Rinkeli.
Continue reading »Hackers Whack Music Industry For Punishing Pirate
The Romanian music industry has claimed its first legal victory against one of the country’s file-sharers. After getting access to a Direct Connect hub in 2007 they allegedly used basic techniques to select an individual at random – who just happened to be sharing 66GB of music files. The copyright to those files was held by members of Uniunea Productorilor de Fonograme din România (UPFR) – a music industry outfit much like the RIAA.
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