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Canadian Movie Pirate ‘maVen’ Sent To Jail
Half a decade ago ‘ maVen ‘ was one of the most active movie release groups on the Internet, known for distributing high quality ‘Telesync‘ versions of major blockbuster titles. In the summer of 2006 ‘maVen’ releases suddenly halted, and it later became apparent that the FBI had caught one of its key members. An FBI investigation into ‘maVen’ had been running for some time and was handed to the Canadian Police in April 2006.
Continue reading »Nintendo Pirate Fined $1.5 Million
Major distribution companies now use forensic technology in their battle against illegal file sharing, which facilitated the prosecution of James Burt from Queensland, recently mandated by the Federal Court to pay damages of $1.5 million for uploading a Nintendo game on the Internet. The state-of-the-art technology aided in identifying the man responsible for pirating and illegally sharing a new Super Mario Bros game that was still waiting to be officially released. The upload generated record-breaking activity among the community of downloaders, with 50,000 downloads in only six days.
Continue reading »How MPAA Failed to Cut Off the Alleged File Sharing Grandma
MPAA have not succeeded in their attempt to ban Cathi Paradiso, the grandmother falsely accused of illegal-file sharing, from accessing the Internet. Following the efforts of the News.com team, MPAA’s plans against Cathi Paradiso, who was hazardously accused multiple times of copyright infringement based on disputable evidence, were finally impeded. Under the pretext of the “three strikes” concept, the MPAA were determined to force the prosecution of Cathi Paradiso in order to set an example aimed at discouraging illegal file sharing.
Continue reading »OiNK Admin Found Not Guilty, Walks Free
After a very long wait of more than two years, last week the OiNK trial got underway with the prosecution making their case against Alan Ellis. This week it was the turn of the defense and yesterday both sides had the opportunity to summarize their positions by submitting their closing arguments to the jury at Teesside Crown Court. Peter Makepeace, prosecuting, naturally painted an extremely negative picture, labeling the Pink Palace as a place designed from the ground up as a personal money-making machine for Ellis.
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