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Police Raids File Sharers in Sweden
The fight against copyright infringement intensifies in Sweden, as local authorities are determined to catch illegal file-sharers red-handed through organized actions. According to P3 Radio News, Swedish police search operations have already entered in effect, with high activity file-sharing Direct Connect (DC) hubs as their primary target. Despite the amplitude of recent actions, authorities have only arrested one person so far and managed to snatch confessions from several others suspected of copyright infringement.
Continue reading »Verizon and AT&T continue slap fight over “Map for That” ads
Verizon and AT&T are playing out their 3G coverage spat in court, with Verizon asserting that “the truth hurts” when it comes to AT&T’s 3G coverage. Verizon’s statement is just the latest in the legal battle that started earlier this month when AT&T filed a lawsuit over Verizon’s “There’s a Map for That” ad campaign—the gloves are off, and it’s clear that both companies are willing to go to great lengths to push their own marketing agendas. If these two companies were five-year-olds, AT&T would be screaming “VERIZON STARTED IT!” The network began running ads in October—meant to directly target Apple’s and AT&T’s ” There’s an App for That ” ads—that showed a Verizon coverage map next to AT&T’s.
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