John Wiley & Sons Wins Lawsuit Against User Who Shared “WordPress for Dummies”

John Wiley & Sons Wins Lawsuit Against User Who Shared “WordPress for Dummies”

He has to pay a $7,000 (€5,500) fine for copyright infringement and counterfeiting

Surfthechannel.com Owner Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Defraud

Surfthechannel.com Owner Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Defraud

The verdict may be good news for the case of Richard O'Dwyer

Jimmy Wales Starts Petition to Stop the Extradition of UK "Pirate"

Jimmy Wales Starts Petition to Stop the Extradition of UK "Pirate"

Richard O'Dwyer is to be extradited over things that are legal in the UK where he lives

PayPal Bans TorGuard for Providing Services to BitTorrent Users

PayPal Bans TorGuard for Providing Services to BitTorrent Users

The company isn't discouraged, but their financial assets have been frozen

YouTube Starts Cracking Down on Video and MP3 Downloader Sites

YouTube Starts Cracking Down on Video and MP3 Downloader Sites

Google isn't taking it lying down anymore and is threatening to sue

Law Firm Uses Robocalls to Threaten Users Accused of Piracy

Law Firm Uses Robocalls to Threaten Users Accused of Piracy

The tactic is said to be not only unethical, but also illegal

Comcast Refuses to Hand Over the Identities of Suspected Pirates

Comcast Refuses to Hand Over the Identities of Suspected Pirates

The ISP believes that copyright holders want to "shake down" the defendants

Microsoft Removes Illegal Links from Google That Are Alive and Well in Bing

Microsoft Removes Illegal Links from Google That Are Alive and Well in Bing

Microsoft is the biggest issuer of copyright takedown requests

Google Gets 1.2 Million Copyright Takedowns per Month

Google Gets 1.2 Million Copyright Takedowns per Month

The most from Microsoft, though record labels and movie studios are in the top as well

Security App of the Week: M Portable Anti-Copy

Security App of the Week: M Portable Anti-Copy

Files placed on portable storage devices with this application cannot be copied

IP Address Not Enough to Accuse Users of Piracy, Judge Rules

IP Address Not Enough to Accuse Users of Piracy, Judge Rules

This may be the end of copyright trolls and blackmailers

AnonTune: We Don’t Exploit Anonymous for Our Own Agenda

AnonTune: We Don’t Exploit Anonymous for Our Own Agenda

Another controversial project that relies on the "Anonymous" name

Facebook Spam Filter Blocks Article on TVShack “Pirate”

Facebook Spam Filter Blocks Article on TVShack “Pirate”

Instead of blocking content that is a threat to users, Facebook blocks news articles

RapidShare Would Kick Off Users Without Proof of Wrongdoing

RapidShare Would Kick Off Users Without Proof of Wrongdoing

All it needs is enough complaints from copyright holders

Viacom vs. YouTube Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Back from the Dead

Viacom vs. YouTube Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Back from the Dead

An appeal court mostly sided with YouTube but left some issues for a lower court to decide

EMI Terminates Contract with Grooveshark

EMI Terminates Contract with Grooveshark

The music streaming site lost its only label deal so far

Spanish Government Receives 213 Complaints and 79 Site Closure Requests

Spanish Government Receives 213 Complaints and 79 Site Closure Requests

This month we may witness the first results of the Spanish Sinde law

 
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