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UK STUDY: 40% Unable to Name Legal Online Music Service
Consumer Focus also says that 85% can only name two, iTunes and Amazon, but UK music industry, in typical fashion, emphasizes that more than 35 exist and touts own study that found 96% awareness of iTunes and Amazon. Consumer Focus, the UK govt-backed consumer advocacy group, has long tried to illustrate the deficiency of the country’s copyright laws and the dramatic learning gap consumers have of them. In fact, just last month it found that almost 3/4 of the population doesn’t know what they’re legally allowed to copy or record, and that’s practically impossible to not infringe copyright laws as part of their daily lives unless they don’t use digital technology.
Continue reading »Law Firm Accused of Bullying Alleged File Sharers
The tables turn – Atari and other major game publishers have chosen Davenport Lyons to represent them numerous times and the law firm quickly made a reputation for hunting alleged copyright infringers. However, according to GI.biz , the firm is now being investigated for harassment and bullying by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, an industry watchdog. It’s been two years since the consumer group Which?
Continue reading »Charles Nesson, scourge of the labels, now must pay them
Joel Tenenbaum, the second P2P defendant to take his case to trial in the US, may never pay the $675,000 judgment currently filed against him—but someone on his legal team will soon be paying something . Judge Nancy Gertner has ruled that both Tenenbaum and his lawyer, Harvard Law’s Charles Nesson, are “jointly and severally liable” for some fees incurred by the RIAA during the trial. The ruling comes after the defense team inexplicably posted the very songs at issue in the case to the Internet, and Nesson posted a public link on his blog for anyone to download them.
Continue reading »Aussie to Pay Nintendo $1.3M for Uploading Super Mario Bros.
James Burt settles out of court with Nintendo for having uploaded a pre-release copy of it’s game New Super Mario Bros. game for the Wii. Nintendo has recently confirmed the $1.5 million ($1.3 million USD) settlement in an Australian Federal Court of its lawsuit against 24yo James Burt for having illegally uploaded a pre-release copy of its New Super Mario Bros for the Wii to the Internet.
Continue reading »File-Sharing Legislation Not A Solution, Says Australian Minister
A few days ago we informed you about Australian ISP iiNet's victory against an alliance of movie and television studios. Stephen Conroy In recent comments about the case Communications minister Stephen Conroy said: “It's always disappointing when situations like this end up in court. I think that a mature approach by both the movie industry and the internet industry – sitting down, having a conversation and coming up with a code of practice – is the absolutely preferable outcome.” At the same time Conroy pointed out to the inefficiency in pursuing file sharers.
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