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EFF demands FCC close copyright "loophole" in net neutrality
The Electronic Frontier Foundation might be expected to love the FCC’s “Open Internet” push, but the group has one big concern with the rulemaking: the presence of “a loophole for copyright enforcement in its proposed regulations for network neutrality.” The EFF has now submitted a petition to the FCC with 7,000 signatures, asking for the provisions to be stripped from the final rule. “Before the ink is dry on net neutrality regulations, we already see corporate lobbyists and ‘public decency’ advocates pushing for loopholes,” said EFF Civil Liberties Director Jennifer Granick. “A loophole like this could swallow network neutrality, with ISPs claiming copyright enforcement as a pretext for all sorts of discriminatory behavior.” At issue is the “reasonable network management” exception to net neutrality .
Continue reading »IsoHunt Asks Court to Legalize Its Operations
During September 2008, isoHunt founder Gary Fung grew tired of the threats from the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). Instead of waiting for the CRIA to take action against him, Fung took the unusual step of suing the music industry outfit, seeking confirmation that the site’s operations are legal. “This is our preemptive strike with a narrowly defined petition for Declaratory Relief that we do not infringe, in anticipation they are going to file their own lawsuit that we do infringe (their copyright),” Fung told TorrentFreak at the time.
Continue reading »‘Dear Fred’, from Dick Huey
“I had a problem with part of your last post, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it until about 4 AM, when the realization finally struck me,” says Nashville entertainment lawyer Fred Wilhelms who, on behalf of his clients and unpaid artists everywhere, has been doing battle with the SoundExhange (SX), the now independent collection agency which was once part and parcel of the RIAA, with all that implies. Do former connections just fade away? In July, 2007, “an unsigned Reader’s Write accused Fred Wilhelms of having a vested interest in criticizing SoundExchange for not paying artists,” said p2pnet last month, continuing »»» The author later proved to be Dick Huey (right), one of the RIAA-appointed ‘label representatives’ on the SoundExchange board of directors.
Continue reading »Busting Common Trackerless Torrent Myths
DHT has been included with many clients since it first debuted in the summer of 2005. however, over the 4 years of life, many myths and misunderstandings have been spread around. These can put people off using it and can give these users difficulties when a tracker goes down.
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