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Australian ISP iiNet sued over customer copyright infringement

Australia's second largest ISP iiNet has been sued by the film and television industry over copyright infringement by its customers. The action against iiNet was filed in the Australian Federal Court by Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, ... continue

Those poor silly deluded French RIAA wannabes

It never ceases to amaze the lengths these pseudo protectors of musician rights will go to in order to push their broken agenda down the throats of everyone. The delusions they suffer under about how they have ... continue

Copy-right: RIAA loses in court, Bush comes out against insane copyright law

Lots of good news on the copyright front this Thursday. The RIAA has taken a big blow against its first ever copyright win in court, and the Bush administration finally got something right, opposing moves to take ... continue

In a polarized society, will moderate viewpoints die?

The term red states, blue states introduced America and the world to the notion of a polarized society, one that rallies around what makes us different over the common ground. Polarization in politics isn't new, but today ... continue

Anvato: The Internet Video Detective

A new startup launched this week wants to be your Internet video detective. Anvato promises to track down anyone who's stolen your copyrighted video content and reposted it on his or her own site. The subscription-based service ... continue

Scrabulous highlights the failure of American Copyright Law

Facebook game Scrabulous is no longer available to users in North America as the Hasbro case develops. Hasbro is claiming that Scabulous is a trademark and copyright infringement on Scrabble. It's easy to side with the underdog ... continue

Government to Monitor UK Internet Use

Downloading a copyrighted file in the UK could now get you a direct warning from the government. A new plan, just announced today, has the nation's six biggest ISPs working hand-in-hand with regulating group Ofcom. ... continue

Let’s Talk Copyright

The whole use of full feeds by other people in a cloak of 2.0 commercialism is sad. It's sad that extremists in the copyright debate are claiming that not allowing anyone to republish your full content for ... continue

Google Sued Over News Content

What a day for lawsuits. First, Citysearch. Now, Google. A group of Belgian newspapers is suing the search engine for displaying and storing its content. A copyright organization called Copiepresse says Google is violating Belgian ... continue