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Danish Anti-Piracy Group Busts Pirate Bay Uploader
Accused of uploading screener copy of Danish flic “Sorte Kugler” (Black Balls) to the Swedish BitTorrent tracker site. Danish anti-piracy group Antipiratgruppen has raided the home of a Danish main in his 20s over accusations that he illegally uploaded a screener copy of the Danish flic “Sorte Kugler” (Black Balls) to Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay. “ It is a very big case.
Continue reading »Pirate Movie Privacy Case Set For The Supreme Court
Released in 2008, Max Manus is a Norwegian World War II movie based on the real-life events of resistance fighter Max Manus. Created at a cost of NOK 55,000,000 it was the most expensive Norwegian film production to date. Shortly after the movie’s 19th December release date an illicit copy of the movie appeared on the Internet.
Continue reading »RIAA Rejects Reduced File-Sharing Judgment
After having offered to settle the case with Jammie Thomas for as little as $25,000, down from the $1.92 million original verdict, and from the most recent $54,000 judgment reduction on appeal. Last Friday the case of accused file-sharer Jammie Thomas grew more complex after Judge Davis of the United States District Court lowered the original $1.92 million verdict against Jammie Thomas, the first person convicted of illegal file-sharing in the US, from $80,000 per song to $2,250 per song, saying “statutory damages must still bear some relation to actual damages.” If you recall, back in June 2009, the jury awarded the recording industry $1.92 million in statutory damages as a punishment for using the KaZaA file-sharing program to download 24 songs which amounted to $80,000 per song. “The need for deterrence cannot justify a $2 million verdict for stealing and illegally distributing 24 songs for the sole purpose of obtaining free music,” reads the ruling .
Continue reading »EFF and Study Authors Refute PFFs ‘Junk Science’ Claims
The Progress & Freedom Foundation (PFF) had some choice words expressed by a study on DMCA notices received by Google. While the posting was very pointed, the authors of the study Thomas Sydnor accused of being “junk science”, as well as the EFF, gave ZeroPaid a response to the many accusations made by the author of the blog posting The posting by Sydnor had plenty of accusations against a Chilling Effects study which was used by Google in New Zealand . It should be known that the PFF is known for being supporters of the RIAA, the MPAA and other organizations that represent a point of view that copyright should be more restrictive.
Continue reading »Prove Piracy Losses Says Digital Economy Bill Amendment
Yesterday, a “line by line examination” of Britain’s Digital Economy Bill took place during the first sitting of the House of Lords committee stage. There are 74 proposed amendments to the Bill. In terms of file-sharing, amendments are suggested to the section which obliges ISPs to inform their customers that an infringement has taken place via their account.
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