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Google Scores a Big Victory for BitTorrent Sites
Over the past years Google has been battling in court with Viacom over the question of whether YouTube is protected against copyright infringement claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Yesterday, U.S....Jammie Thomas Judge Appoints Mediator to Help Settlement Talks
US District Judge Michael Davis has already reduced original damages for copyright infringement from $1.92 million to $54,000, and the RIAA has even offered her a $25,000 settlement, but Thomas still refuses to...First RIAA File Sharing Trial Morphs into Groundhog Day
Thomas-Rasset testifying during her first 2007 trial. The nation’s first file sharing copyright infringement trial has morphed into a legal Groundhog Day. In a bid two avoid a third trial — after two...Spanish Judges Compare P2P to “Ancient Practice of Loaning Books”
Three-judge panel clears website of hosting links to copyrighted material, concluding that “since ancient times there has been the loan or sale of books, movies, music and more,” and that the only difference...Judge may dismiss 4,576 of 4,577 P2P defendants from lawsuit
Federal judge Rosemary Collyer sits on the DC District Court, where several of the recent US Copyright Group lawsuits against alleged P2P users have been filed. A few of those lawsuits ended up...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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