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Spain warned on filesharing cut-offs

Slow down there José Communications Commissioner Viviane Reding has warned Spain to look carefully at proposals to cut off alleged illegal filesharers.…

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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 P2P News No Comments

European Commission: No 3 Strikes Without Judicial Oversight

In file-sharing terms, Spain currently has among the most relaxed laws of leading European countries. The country is believed to have some of the highest rates of online sharing of music and movies and currently it is perfectly legal, providing no money is made directly from infringement, to run BitTorrent and eDonkey sites. As the copyright industries ramp up their lobbying, the government is finding it more and more difficult to maintain their current position, and is currently examining new ways to deal with illicit file-sharing.

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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 P2P News No Comments

EU Commissioner: Digital Natives See Piracy As ‘Sexy’

The debate over online file-sharing, copyright infringement, piracy – call it what you will – is not going away. Indeed, the debate is more vigorous and heated than ever before. On the one hand many copyright holders are virtually unmovable, steadfast in their belief that file-sharers are little more than thieves, undermining their livelihoods and stealing bread from their children’s mouths.

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Friday, July 10th, 2009 P2P News No Comments