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IP Addresses Don’t Positively Identify Infringers, Anti-Piracy Lawfirm Says

Yesterday, Renai LeMay of Delimiter broke the news that mass piracy lawsuits are headed back to Australia. LeMay revealed that a lawfirm has written a series of letters to major Aussie ISPs asking that...

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Friday, May 24th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Copyright Trolls Threaten to Call Neighbors of Accused Porn Pirates

Over the past years we’ve covered dozens of copyright troll lawsuits against tens of thousands of alleged copyright infringers. The general theme of these cases is that IP-addresses are accused of “stealing” copyrighted work....

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Monday, May 13th, 2013 Net News No Comments

“Wee Man” Not Happy With Copyright Troll Lawsuits

The troll versus the elf sounds like the title of a cheap B-movie, but it’s actually a harsh reality. Over the past weeks Elf-Man LLC, the company that produced the movie with the same...

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Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Remember Righthaven? On appeal, copyright troll looks just as bad

The abandoned Lady Luck Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas. Jesse Bell / flickr Righthaven was a copyright-enforcement business dreamed up by Las Vegas attorney Steve Gibson. He managed to convince the...

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Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 Net News No Comments

“Six Strikes” Scheme May Lead to Lawsuits Against Pirates

Last year the MPAA and RIAA teamed up with five major Internet providers in the United States to launch the Center for Copyright Information (CCI). The parties agreed to operate a system which will...

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Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 Net News No Comments