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U.K. Consumer group: For than 150 wrongfully accused of file sharing
The U.K.’s consumer rights group Which? (sort of like Consumer Reports in the U.S.) came out with a press release this week that puts some serious doubts on proposed plans to fight P2P piracy with Three Strikes. More than 150 consumers contacted the group in recent months because they have been wrongfully accused of P2P piracy by London-based law firm ACS Law.
Continue reading »UK ISP Calls Bono’s Anti-P2P Rant “Outrageous”
Talk Talk says U2 frontman is “seriously misguided,” that P2P doesn’t earn ISPs any additional income, that it’s outrageous to equate illegal file-sharing with child pornography, and that any anti-P2P efforts can easily be circumvented. Earlier this week I mentioned U2 frontman Bono’s Ten for the Next Ten , ten ideas that “might make the next 10 years more interesting, healthy or civil, op-ed in the NY Times. In it he made some startling claims, one of which is that we we need ISP-level content filtering, mocking their “dumb pipe” defense.
Continue reading »Senator Demands IP Treaty Details
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) That a U.S. senator must ask a federal agency to share information regarding a proposed and “classified” international anti-counterfeiting accord the government has already disclosed is alarming.
Continue reading »2009 – A ZeroPaid Year In Review – Part 3 of 3
We wrap things up with the last third of 2009. Part one . Part 2 .
Continue reading »Spain Mulls Shuttering P2P Sites Without a Court Order
When a crime is committed, one would think that allegations can be disputed in court. Apparently, the Spanish government is currently considering a law that would allow rights holders to shut down an internet site without a court order. There’s a stunning turn of events occurring in Spain right now.
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