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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- “Legal framework for tackling copyright infringement via education and technical measure.” This innocuous looking sentence is the lead item in the BBC ’s summation of UK government...Swedish Retailer Lets Go of Pirate Bay Logo
The Swedish online retailer that trademarked a near replica of The Pirate Bay’s iconic logo has agreed to withdraw registration of what has become an enduring symbol of online piracy, Swedish media reported...BREIN chips in on ACTA
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Holland doesn’t have an RIAA or an MPAA. Instead it has BREIN, a kind of combination of the two and, “According to BREIN, the production of intellectual...UK ‘climbs down’ over sex offenders plan
The UK Home Office, which has just had its hopes of creating a vast Big Brother data base dashed, has also had its plans to restrict registered sex offenders from using the...EU vote opens the way to 3 strikes law
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The bitter war between online communities and the entertainment cartels has just been escalated. With the EU parliament scheduled to vote on a controversial EU telecom reform...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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