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3rd UK Law Firm Targets Illegal File-Sharers
TBI Solicitors sends out an unspecified number of letters to suspected illegal file-sharers threatening legal action unless they agree to pay £700 in compensation ($1,000 USD). One of the tactics employed by copyright holders to try and get a handle on illegal file-sharing is to give overzealous law firms free reign to target as many illegal file-sharers as possible. The tactic has obviously never worked, despite one law firm, ACS Law referring to it as a “ revolutionary business model ” that “generates revenue for rights holders and effectively decreases copyright infringement in a measurable and sustainable way” unlike the “costly and ineffective” anti-piracy measures of other companies.
Continue reading »Former Teen Cheerleader Dinged $27,750 for File Sharing 37 Songs
Whitney Harper must pay the RIAA $27,750 for file sharing that began when she was 14 A federal appeals court is ordering a university student to pay the Recording Industry Association of America $27,750 — $750 a track — for file sharing 37 songs when she was a high school cheerleader. The decision Thursday by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a Texas federal judge who had ordered defendant Whitney Harper to pay $7,400, or $200 per song.
Continue reading »The Ways of P2P & File Sharing
BitTorrent and P2P networks like Gnutella or Limewire are highly popular among the file-sharing community, but there are myriad other networks and protocols you can choose from, which offer similar transfer speed capabilities and privacy features. With that in mind, let’s have a look at the best alternatives out there, and remember to check our website for more detailed information on the most efficient transfer methods, online networks and download clients. RapidShare and Megaupload These web-solutions are always a good option if you are looking to share files with your friends via Facebook, Twitter or forums.
Continue reading »Police Arrests Analyst at UGA for File Sharing Blackmail
Encouraged by the RIAA's warning and notices some universities, like UGA, have applied various measures to combat file sharing in campuses – from policies against pirating music, to filtering programs against illegal downloading. An employee of The University of Georgia whose job was to monitor and report students and faculty members who indulged in file sharing activities over the Internet was fired for trying to get money from students he caught illegally downloading content online. UGA police arrested the 37-year-old security analyst earlier this week on a felony extortion charge after the man was denounced by one of the university's students whom he had tried to convince to pay in exchange for his silence – “All he was doing was (offering) to keep the information from going to Judicial Programs,” said UGA police Chief Jimmy Williamson said.
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